The health(y) cost of erythropoietin in orthopedic surgery A. FergussonPaul Hébert Editorial Pages: 347 - 351
Noncardiac surgery in patients with coronary artery stent: what should the anesthesiologist know? Jean-Yves DupuisMarino Labinaz EditorialNotes Pages: 356 - 361
Erythropoietin is an effective clinical modality for reducing RBC transfusion in joint surgery Stuart A. McCluskeyMohammed GhannamRoderrick Davey General Anesthesia Pages: 362 - 368
Use of hemoglobin raffimer for postoperative life-threatening anemia in a Jehovah’s Witness Marcella J. LanzingerSteven E. HillMichael Shannon General anesthesia Pages: 369 - 373
Changes in hematocrit based on incremental blood sampling: mathematical models perform poorly Luis I. CortinezJacques SommaEugene W. Moretti General anesthesia Pages: 374 - 378
The Stealth Station Image Guidance System may interfere with pulse oximetry Johannes H. van OostromMichael E. MahlaDietrich Gravenstein General anesthesia Pages: 379 - 382
Survey of chronic pain practice by anesthesiologists in Canada Philip W. H. PengElkin D. Castano OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 389
Duration of analgesia is similar when 15, 20, 25 and 30 mL of ropivacaine 0.5% are administered via a femoral catheter Anne WeberRoxane FournierNicolas Riand Regional anesthesia and pain Pages: 390 - 396
Expectant management of postdural puncture headache increases hospital length of stay and emergency room visits Pamela AngleDorothy ThompsonSamuel Lap Tak Tang Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia Pages: 397 - 402
Hyperbaric treatment of cerebral air embolism in an infant with cyanotic congenital heart disease Kenneth M. LeDezGeoff Zbitnew Ostetrical and pediatric anesthesia Pages: 403 - 408
General anesthesia for patients with Brugada syndrome. A report of six cases Mihoko InamuraHirotsugu OkamotoSumio Hoka Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway Pages: 409 - 412
Use of a neck brace minimizes double-lumen tube displacement during patient positioning Tae-Gyoon YoonHo-Geol RyuHye-Won Chang Cardiothoracic anesthesia, respiration and airway Pages: 413 - 417
Airway control via the Cobrapla™ during percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy in five patients Felice AgròMassimiliano CarassitiDavid Alfery Cardiothoracic anesthesia, respiration and airway Pages: 418 - 420
La sédation au propofol permet l’intubation difficile vigile avec le masque laryngé FastrachTM Franck HamardMartine FerrandiereMarc Laffon Cardiothoracic anesthesia, respiration and airway Pages: 421 - 427
Colorimetric carbon dioxide detector to determine accidental tracheal feeding tube placement Daniel W. HowesWilliam PickettEric S. Shelley OriginalPaper Pages: 428 - 432
Acute paralysis following “a bad potato”: A case of botulism Mohit BhutaniEdward RalphMichael D. Sharpe OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 436
Grow your own: strategies to develop anesthesia researchers Viren N. NaikMark F. LevineBeverly A. Orser Correspondence Pages: 437 - 437
Preventing pain on injection of rocuronium: two doses of dexmedetomidine Dilek MemisAlparslan TuranSermin Seker Correspondence Pages: 437 - 438
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary dilatation under thoracic epidural analgesia in a patient with a recent myocardial infarction Anil AgarwalSanjay DhiraajShiopriye Correspondence Pages: 438 - 439
Decrease of the inhibitory effect of lidocaine on trigeminal nerve response by the inflammatory oxidant peroxynitrite Ko TakakuraMaki MizogamiIkonobu Muramatsu Correspondence Pages: 439 - 440
Appropriate waiting time for noncardiac surgery following coronary stent insertion: views of Canadian anethesiologists Lindsey PattersonDuncan HunterAndrea Mann Correspondence Pages: 440 - 441
S100ß and postcardiac surgery neurological dysfunction: reasons to disregard any link Hilary P. GrocottMeral KanbakTurgay Ocal Correspondence Pages: 441 - 443
Intrathoracic positioning of a thoracic epidural catheter inserted via the median approach Britta PatermannJohn LynchSandra Kampe Correspondence Pages: 443 - 444
Comparison of the accuracy of two different modes of continuous cardiac index measurement following rapid volume infusion Christoph WiesenackChristoph FieglCornelius Keyl Correspondence Pages: 444 - 445
Airway management for postoperative respiratory failure: Use of the laryngeal mask airway Thomas W. FelbingerS. Rao MallampatiHolger K. Eltzschig Correspondence Pages: 445 - 446
Using a CO2 detector to confirm endotracheal intubation in SARS patients Chien-Kun TingHsu-Tang LiuShen-Kou Tsai Correspondence Pages: 446 - 447
Ventricular fibrillation in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) secondary to coronary spasm Jean-Corentin SalengrosPierre PandinEdgard Engelman Correspondence Pages: 447 - 447
The Airway Cam™ guide to intubation and practical emergency airway management D. John Doyle Book & New Media Reviews Pages: 448 - 448
In collaboration with the canadian critical care society, the canadian journal of Anesthesia is proud to publish the best posters presented at the Toronto critical care medicine symposium 2004 (adult and pediatric) held in Toronto, Ontario, october 21-october 23, 2004 Doherty DRSutcliffe ITNenadovic Vera Abstract Pages: A1 - A8