Organ and tissue donation in the intensive care unit: collaborative endeavours Graeme Rocker Editorials Pages: 631 - 634
Atenolol may not modify anesthetic depth indicators in elderly patients — a second look at the data Michael ZauggThomas TaglienteEliana Lucchinetti General Anesthesia Pages: 638 - 642
The ryanodine contracture test may help diagnose susceptiblity to malignant hyperthermia Daniel A. ReuterMartin AnetsederEdmund J. Hartung General Anesthesia Pages: 643 - 648
Nitrous oxide produces minimal hemodynamic changes in patients receiving a propofol-based anesthetic: an esophageal Doppler ultrasound study Toshiya ShigaZen’ichiro WajimaRyo Ogawa General Anesthesia Pages: 649 - 652
Bilateral lower limb hypoesthesia after radical prostatectomy in the hyperlordotic position under general anesthesia Hélène BeloeilPierre AlbaladejoDan Benhamou General Anesthesia Pages: 653 - 656
The infusion rate of most disposable, non-electric infusion pumps decreases under hypobaric conditions Masahito MizuuchiMichiaki YamakageAkiyoshi Namiki General Anesthesia Pages: 657 - 662
Ultrarapid opiate detoxification: a review Alan D. KayeClifford GevirtzAaron M. Fields General Anesthesia Pages: 663 - 671
Patient controllediv analgesia is an acceptable pain management strategy in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery. A retrospective comparison with epidural analgesia Roshanak CharghiSteven BackmanThomas Schricker Regional Anesthesia and Pain Pages: 672 - 678
Definitions of “respiratory depression” with intrathecal morphine postoperative analgesia: a review of the literature Samuel KoDavid H. GoldsteinElizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof OriginalPaper Pages: 679 - 688
Body habitus does not influence spread of sensory blockade after the intrathecal injection of a hypobaric solution in term parturients Cynthia A. WongDominador CariasoRobert J. McCarthy OriginalPaper Pages: 689 - 693
Cusum analysis is a useful tool to assess resident proficiency at insertion of labour epidurals Viren N. NaikIsabella DevitoStephen H. Halpern Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia Pages: 694 - 698
Expert consensus for training in perioperative echocardiography in the province of Quebec François A. BéïqueAndré Y. DenaultJacques Villeneuve Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway Pages: 699 - 706
Cardiac output monitoring: aortic transpulmonary thermodilution and pulse contour analysis agree with standard thermodilution methods in patients undergoing lung transplantation Giorgio Della RoccaMaria Gabriella CostaPaolo Pietropaoli Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway Pages: 707 - 711
The gum elastic bougie eases tracheal intubation while applying cricoid pressure compared to a stylet Takashi NoguchiKazunori KogaAkio Shigematsu Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway Pages: 712 - 717
Use of the Pro-Seal LMA facilitates percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy Rachael M. CravenStephen R. LaverJerry P. Nolan Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway Pages: 718 - 720
Une étude de cas d’assistance respiratoire dans un contexte de fissure palatine et de pharyngoplastie Hwan-Ing HeeNesil Deger ConskunfiratChit Chen Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway Pages: 721 - 724
Brain death: resolving inconsistencies in the ethical declaration of death Christopher James DoigEllen Burgess Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care Pages: 725 - 731
The therapeutic use of magnesium in anesthesiology, intensive care and emergency medicine: a review Laurent DubéJean-Claude Granry Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care Pages: 732 - 746
Protection protocol in intubation of suspected SARS patients David T. Wong Correspondence Pages: 747 - 748
Desmopressin before liver transplantation Evan G. PivalizzaRobert D. WartersRalf Gebhard Correspondence Pages: 748 - 749
Perineal pruritus after iv dexamethasone administration Gino PerronPierre DolbecPhilippe Béchard Correspondence Pages: 749 - 750
Spontaneous spinal hemorrhage complicating anticoagulant therapy Rachid BadaouiMichel KoukougnonJean Tchaoussoff Correspondence Pages: 750 - 751
Lidocaine or fentanyl applied to the surgical wound during spinal surgery produces potent postoperative analgesia Yoshito TakanoManami TakanoIsao Sato Correspondence Pages: 751 - 752
Repeated supraventricular tachycardia in an asymptomatic patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome during Cesarean delivery Takashi OkamotoKouichiro MinamiAkio Shigematsu Correspondence Pages: 752 - 753
Landiolol for the treatment of tachyarrhythmia associated with atrial fibrillation Junichi OgataTakashi OkamotoKouichiro Minami Correspondence Pages: 753 - 753
