The inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of a new Canadian oral examination format in anesthesia is fair to good Ramona A. KearneyStephen A. PuchalskiErnest N. Skakun OriginalPaper Pages: 232 - 236
Apfel’s simplified score may favourably predict the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting Sébastien PierreHervé BenaisJacques Pouymayou OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 242
The HemoCue®, a point of care B-hemoglobin photometer, measures hemoglobin concentrations accurately when mixedin vitro with canine plasma and three hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOC) Jonathan S. JahrFedor LurieRobert A. Gunther OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 248
Gender and pain upon movement are associated with the requirements for postoperative patient-controllediv analgesia: a prospective survey of 2,298 Chinese patients Yuan-Yi ChiaLok-Hi ChowPei-Ning Wang OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 255
Single-lung ventilation in a pediatric patient using a pediatric fibreoptically-directed wire-guided endobronchial blocker Elizabeth S. YunAsta SaulysGeorge A. Arndt OriginalPaper Pages: 256 - 261
Spinal anesthesia in 62 premature, former-premature or young infants-technical aspects and pitfalls Ze’ev ShenkmanDavid HoppensteinEnrique Freud OriginalPaper Pages: 262 - 269
Active warming of saline or blood is ineffective when standard infusion tubing is used: an experimental study Bruno BissonnetteOlivier Paut OriginalPaper Pages: 270 - 275
The appropriateness of the pulmonary artery catheter in cardiovascular surgery Michael J. JackaMarsha M. CohenRobert Byrick OriginalPaper Pages: 276 - 282
Ketamine anesthesia for pericardial window in a patient with pericardial tamponade and severe COPD Tim AyeBrian Milne OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 286
Perioperative use of transesophageal echocardiography by anesthesiologists: Impact in noncardiac surgery and in the intensive care unit André Y. DenaultPierre CoutureJean Buithieu OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 293
Survey of the members of the cardiovascular section of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society on the use of perioperative transesophageal echocardiography — a brief report A. Stephane LambertC. David MazerPeter C. Duke OriginalPaper Pages: 294 - 296
The OxyArm™ — a new minimal contact oxygen delivery system for mouth or nose breathing Elizabeth LingLee McDonaldDonald DuVall OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 301
Regional blood flows are affected differently by PEEP when the abdomen is open or closed: An experimental rabbit model Jean-Yves LefrantJean-Marie JuanMichel Dauzat OriginalPaper Pages: 302 - 308
Submucous fibrosis secondary to chewing of quids: Another cause of unanticipated difficult intubation Rajesh MahajanKajal JainY. K. Batra OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 311
Best evidence in anesthetic practice Treatment: Vasopressin neither improves nor worsens survival from cardiac arrest André DenaultYanick BeaulieuGreg Peachey OriginalPaper Pages: 312 - 314
Rescue therapy with inhaled nitric oxide in critically ill patients with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure (Brief report) Fred J. BaxterJill RandallPeter T. -L. Choi OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 318
Inadvertent insertion of a gastric tube into the airway in an awake patient Takashi AsaiIkuhiro HidakaShoji Kawachi Correspondence Pages: 322 - 322
Unexpectedly low levels of plasma brain natriuretic peptide in the patient with massive pulmonary tumour emboli Tomoko HisaokaHiroyuki KinoshitaYoshio Hatano Correspondence Pages: 322 - 323
Life threatening external iliac artery injury following total hip replacement Mahesh Kumar AroraAnuj BhatiaSubramanyam M. S. Correspondence Pages: 323 - 324
Electroconvulsive therapy with thiamylal or propofol during pregnancy Kanako IwasakiAtsuhiro SakamotoRyo Ogawa Correspondence Pages: 324 - 325
Opening propofol ampoules safely Yitzhak CohenLucio GlantzTiberiu Ezri Correspondence Pages: 326 - 326
