Refresher Courses - Saturday June 9:
Track 1a (a.m.)

Michael M. Todd

Cervical spine anatomy and function for the anesthesiologist
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin R. Lessard

Noninvasive ventilation in the ICU / La ventilation non invasive aux soins intensifs
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Slinger

Lung isolation in thoracic anesthesia, state of the art
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Track 2a (a.m.)

G. Allen Finley

How much does it hurt? Pediatric pain measurement for doctors, nurses, and parents
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven C. Hall

The difficult pediatric airway - recognition, evaluation, and management
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dennis Reid

Postoperative pain management in patients with chronic pain syndromes
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Refresher Courses - Sunday June 10:
Track 1b (a.m.)

Donald Penning

Trauma in pregnancy
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott Segal

Anesthesia and the progress of labour
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan C. Ræder

Regional anesthesia in ambulatory surgery
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Track 2b (a.m.)

Jean-François Hardy and Sylvain Bélisle

Erythrocyte transfusion: friend or foe?
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Ramsay

Current status of off-pump coronary surgery (OPCAB)
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R11. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel Parlow

Gaining control: can we reduce perioperative cardiovascular complications?
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R12. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Track 2c (p.m.)

Thomas Schricker

The catabolic response to surgery: how can it be modified by the anesthesiologist?
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R13. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terese T. Horlocker

Neurologic complications of neuraxial and peripheral blockade
Can J Anesth 2001 48: R14. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts - Monday June 11 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.:
Residents' Competition

Viren Naik, Edward Matsumoto, Patricia Houston, Stanley Hamstra, Raymond Yeung, Joseph Mallon, and Terry Martire

LEARNING FIBEROPTIC INTUBATION ON A SIMPLE MODEL TRANSFERS TO THE O.R.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rhonda M. Zwack, David C. Campbell, Terrance W. Breen, and Ray W. Yip

EC80-EC95 OF BUPIV AND ROPIV PLUS FENT FOR LABOUR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Denis Roy, Michel Girard, Pierre Drolet, and Joanne Guay

CESAREAN SECTION: THE EFFECT OF INTRATHECAL MEPERIDINE ON SHIVERING.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafik S. Bolis and Kenneth LeDez

WARNING SYSTEM TO DETECT CONTACT WITH UPPER TEETH DURING LARYNGOSCOPY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. T. Balatbat, J. Mukherji, M. J. Ali, J. Carroll, J M. Karski, S. Sui, and DCH Cheng

PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE USING SALINE CONTRAST TEE
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Banner, Raymond Yip, James Zondervan, Vance Chow, Dean McMillan, and Judy Fisher

ACUPUNCTURE EFFICACY IN TREATING ADVANCED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts - Monday June 11 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.:
Richard Knill Competition

Ralph Lattermann, Franco Carli, Linda Wykes, and Thomas Schricker

EFFECT OF EPIDURAL ANALGESIA ON PERI-OPERATIVE GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Schricker, Linda Wykes, Louise Mazza, Ralph Lattermann, and Franco Carli

EPIDURAL BLOCKADE AND FEEDING INCREASE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AFTER SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerard Danjoux and David Thomas

LOW-DOSE INTRATHECAL DIAMORPHINE FOR ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A11. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela H Lennox, Cynthia Henderson, Lynn Martin, GWE Mitchell, and Himat Vaghadia

SELECTIVE SPINAL VS DESFLURANCE ANESTHESIA IN OUTPATIENT LAPAROSCOPY.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A12. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajive Jassal, Ian R. Thomson, and Robert J. Hudson

OPIOID PHARMACOKINETICS DURING & AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A13. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glenn McGuire, Pirjo Manninen, Hossam El-Beheiry, Andres Lozano, and Richard Wennberg

COMPARISON OF REMIFENTANIL- AND ALFENTANIL-INDUCED EEG ACTIVATION IN EPILEPTIC NEUROSURGICAL PATIENTS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A14. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts - Monday June 11 15:45 p.m. - 17:45 p.m.:
Poster Discussion I - Administrative Aspects of Anesthesiology

David P. Archer, Tim K.K. Tang, and Ian R. Staveley

CAPACITY MODELING OF EMERGENCY SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A16. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David H. Goldstein and Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof

ORGANIZATION OF ACUTE PAIN SERVICES IN CANADIAN TEACHING HOSPITALS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof and David H. Goldstein

ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN CANADIAN TEACHING HOSPITALS: NURSING'S ROLE
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard I. Hall and Graeme M. Rocker

CAN PRACTICE VARIABILITY SURROUNDING END OF LIFE CARE IN THE ICU BE IMPROVED?
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.P. O'Connor, Jacquelyn I. Dunham, Frederick S. Mikelberg, and Gordana Dulovic

BENCHMARKING EMERGENCY CASELOAD PERFORMANCE
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A20. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathryn L. Jenkins, Robin Correa, David T. Wong, and Glenn P. McGuire

AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALIZED AIRWAY EQUIPMENT IN CANADIAN HOSPITALS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A21. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.A. Fayad, J. Paul, H. Yang, and C. Sawchuk

ANALYSES OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND OUTCOME IN TERTIARY CARDIAC SURGERY PRACTICE FROM 1991-1999
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A22. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion II - Pediatric, Obstetrics, Blood Conservation

Karen A. Brown and Jason H.T. Bates

POST-SIGH APNEA REPRESENTS THE MAJORITY OF POST-OPERATIVE CENTRAL APNEA IN TERM INFANTS.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Edington and Jeremy Pridham

PRACTICE PATTERNS IN OBSTETRICAL/REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A25. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jayanta Mukherji, Jacek M. Karski, Joselito Balatbat, Jo Carroll, Rosa Chun, and Davy CH Cheng

PREDICTORS OF EXCESSIVE BLEEDING DESPITE ANTIFIBRINOLYTICS IN CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A26. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Karski, R Debrouwere, M. Mathieu, J Carroll, C. Feindel, and D. Cheng

PREDICTORS FOR EXCESSIVE BLEEDING AND TRANSFUSION IN HEART TRANSPLANTS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A27. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel Clairoux and Stéphane Coutu

IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH RISK GROUPS TO RECEIVE ALLOGENIC BLOOD IN PRIMARY HIP AND KNEE ANTHROPLASTY IS KEY TO CHANGE TRANSFUSION PRACTICE.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A28. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stuart A. McCluskey, Keyvan Karkouti, Mohammed Ghannam, and Michael Jewett

EFFECTS OF ACUTE NORMOVOLEMIC HEMODILUTION ON COAGULATION DURING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keyvan Karkouti, Stuart A. McCluskey, Raja Rampersaud, Terry Yau, and Ian Quirt

POSTOPERATIVE ANEMIA: INCIDENCE AND TRANSFUSION NEEDS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A30. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edmund D. Carver, P. Kim, and Mark W. Crawford

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME POST SURGERY IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A31. [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Allen Finley, Lynn M. Breau, Patrick J. McGrath, and Carol Camfield

POST-OPERATIVE PAIN BEHAVIOUR OF NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion III - Pharmacology

Peter H.K. Mak, Theresa W.C. Hui, and Michael G. Irwin

PRIMING WITH CISATRACURIUM ACCELERATES THE ONSET OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE: ITS IMPLICATIONS AND ITS CLINICAL APPLICATIONS.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A34. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franco Carli, Thomas Schricker, Judith Trudel, Paul Belliveau, and Nancy Mayo

A RANDOMIZED STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA ON BOWEL MOTILITY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A35. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle L. Clunie, Lesley-Ann L. Crone, Linda J. Klassen, and Raymond W. Yip

PSYCHIATRIC SIDE EFFECTS OF INDOMETHACIN IN PARTURIENTS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A36. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard Hubert, Marek Radomski, and Gilbert Blaise

DOES INHNO AFFECT MATRIX-METALLOPROTÉINASES CONCENTRATION IN BAL AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (CPB)?
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A37. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard Hubert, Paolo M Renzi, Marek Radomski, and Gilbert Blaise

PREVENTION OF THE PULMONARY INFLAMMATION FOLLOWING CARIOPULMONARY BYPASS WITH INHALED NO
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A38. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Claude Paradis, René Martin, Michel Parent, Pierre Parent, Daniel Gagnon, and Jean-Pierre Tétrault

MONITORING OF THE ONSET OF ROCURONIUM
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A39. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atul J. Prabhu, Beverly K. Philip, Patrick P. Higgins, Hannah J. Blanshard, Stéphanie van Rensselaer, and Frances F. Chung

VOLATILE INDUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ANESTHESIA (VIMA), VERSUS CONVENTIONAL APPROACH IN AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A40. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerie B. Caraiscos, John F. MacDonald, and Beverley A. Orser

INSULIN ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN GLYCINE RECEPTOR IS SUBUNIT INDEPENDENT
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A41. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts - Tuesday June 12 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.:
Poster Discussion IV - Pharmacology, Basic Science, Safety

Ralph Lattermann, Markus Schreiber, Michael Georgieff, and Thomas Schricker

LOW DOSE CLONIDINE ACCENTUATES THE HYPERGLYCEMIC RESPONSE TO SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A43. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fengling Jin, Frances Chung, Doris Tong, Joseph L. Reiz, Zoltan Harsanyi, Paula C. Miceli, and Andrew C. Darke

LONG-ACTING CODEINE VS ACETAMINOPHEN/CODEINE IN CHOLECYSTECTOMY PAIN.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A44. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Sébastien Roy, Jacques St-Pierre, and Pierre Drolet

ESMOLOL AND THE HEMODYNMAIC RESPONSE TO CO₂ PNEUMOPERITONEUM
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A45. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter H Norman and M Denise Daley

HYPOTHERMIA - NOT JUST A PATIENT RISH
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A46. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kim E. Turner, Joel L. Parlow, Deborah A. Tod, and Nicole D. Avery

PRE-OPERATIVE ORAL DIMENHYDRINATE REDUCES VOMITING AFTER LAPAROSCOPY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A47. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre C. Nicole, Claude A. Trépanier, Martin R. Lessard, and Sylvie Marcoux

PROPOFOL SEDATION PREVENTS HEMODYNAMIC CONSEQUENCES OF HYPOTHERMIA
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A48. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dean A. Cowie, Adrian W. Gelb, and J. Kevin Shoemaker

INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE FOLLOWING GENERAL ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A49. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger Baskett and Richard I. Hall

The PERIOPERATIVE USE OF BETA-BLOCKERS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC SURGERY: THE NEED FOR A SUPPOSITORY FORMULATION.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A50. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ben C. Lim and Ayoub Dangor

MONITORED ANESTHETIC CARE AND CATARACT SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A51. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion V - Airway, Technology, Education

Pamela J. Morgan and Doreen Cleave-Hogg

COST AND RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS OF SIMULATOR-BASED EDUCATION
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A53. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. John Doyle, Robert Byrick, Dusanka Filipovic, and Fred Cashin

RECLAMATION OF EXHALED VAPOUR ANESTHETIC: EVALUATION OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A54. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle Chiu, Toby J. Kemp, Gregory L. Bryson, Mark J. Cleland, and Edward T. Crosby

A NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL PREDICTING HEATING OF BLOOD BY A WATER BATH
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A55. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tokuya Harioka, Koichiro Nomura, Norioki Ando, Naoyuki Ikegami, and Toshiki Aoki

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN SEDATED PATIENTS WITH COPA
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A56. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J Roger Maltby, Michael T Beriault, Neil C Watson, David J Liepert, and Gordon H Fick

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: PROSEAL LMA VS ETT
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A57. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Roger Maltby, Michael T. Beriault, Neil C. Watson, David Liepert, and Gordon H. Fick

GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPY: LARYNGEAL MASK VS. TRACHEAL TUBE
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A58. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atul J. Prabhu, Robin K. Correa, David T. Wong, Glenn P. McGuire, and Frances Chung

WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL TRAINING INTERVAL FOR A CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY (CT)?
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A59. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion VI - Cardiac, Neuroanesthesia

Toru Goyagi, Anish Bhardwaj, Patricia D. Hurn, Richard D Traystman, and Jeffrey R. Kirsch

NEUROPROTECTIVE 1-RECEPTOR LIGAND, PPBP [4 PHENYL-1- (4-PHENYLBUTYL) PIPERIDINE] ATTENUATES ISCHEMIA-EVOKED STRIATAL NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION IN VIVO.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A61. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel T Bainbridge, Madhav Swaminathan, Brian J McCreath, George Djaiani, and Hilary P Grocott

ASSESSMENT OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION USING PULSED WAVE DOPPLER OF THE CORONARY SINUS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A62. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fergal Day, Jacek Karski, George Djaiani, Jens Tan, Jo Carroll, and Davy Cheng

EFFECTS OFMANUAL HYPERINFLATION (MHI) OF THE LUNGS IN CARDIAC SURGERY.
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A63. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela J Wake, Mohamed Ali, Jacek Karski, Jo Carroll, Sam Sui, and Davy CH Cheng

THE EFFICACY OF URGENT TEE IN CARDIAC SURGICAL ICU PATIENTS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A64. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Craig Guenther, John Mullen, Michael Bentley, Arvind Koshal, and Barry Finegan

SAFETY OF LOW DOSE HEPARINIZATION WITH HEPARIN-COATED BYPASS CIRCUITS FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A65. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Craig Guenther, William Murtha, Arvind Koshal, and Barry Finegan

CLINICAL IMPACT OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DECISION MAKING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A66. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Fredrickson, Igor A. Luginbuehl, and Bruno Bissonnette

THE EFFECT OF N₂O AND DESFLURANE ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IN CHILDREN
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A67. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeff T. Granton, Hugh Platt, R. A. Craen, and Adrian W. Gelb

VASOPRESSORS TO MAINTAIN CEREBRAL PERFUSION PRESSURE IN HYPOTENSIVE RABBITS WITH RAISED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A68. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel G. Armanious, David T. Wong, Edward Etchells, Patrick Higgins, and Frances F. Chung

A STRATEGY FOR PERIOPERATIVE BETA BLOCKADE IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC RISKS
Can J Anesth 2001 48: A69. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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