Editorials:

François Donati

Tracheal intubation: unconsciousness, analgesia and muscle relaxation/Intubation trachéale: inconscience, analgésie et relâchement musculaire
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 99-103. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Chartrand

Intervention rapide lors d’une crise d’hyperthermie maligne/Rapid intervention for an episode of malignant hyperthermia
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 104-107. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Elvan Erhan, Gulden Ugur, Ilkben Gunusen, Isik Alper, and Bulent Ozyar

Propofol - not thiopental or etomidate - with remifentanil provides adequate intubating conditions in the absence of neuromuscular blockade: [Le propofol, mais non le thiopental ou l’étomidate, combiné au rémifentanil, permet des conditions d’intubation satisfaisantes en l’absence de blocage neuromusculaire]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 108-115. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samar I. Jabbour-Khoury, Aliya S. Dabbous, Laudia B. Rizk, Naji M. Abou Jalad, Tonine E. Bartelmaos, Mohamad F. El-Khatib, and Anis S. Baraka

A combination of alfentanil-lidocaine-propofol provides better intubating conditions than fentanyl-lidocaine-propofol in the absence of muscle relaxants: [La combinaison d’alfentanil-lidocaïne-propofol fournit de meilleures conditions d’intubation que celle de fentanyl-lidocaïne-propofol en l’absence de myorelaxants]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 116-120. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Lieutaud, Valérie Billard, Huguette Khalaf, and Bertrand Debaene

Muscle relaxation and increasing doses of propofol improve intubating conditions: [Les myorelaxants et des doses élevées de propofol améliorent les conditions d’intubation]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 121-126. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura W. Mitchell and Barbara L. Leighton

Warmed diluent speeds dantrolene reconstitution: [Le diluant réchauffé accélère la reconstitution du dantrolène]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 127-130. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Successful implementation of perioperative beta-blockade utilizing a multidisciplinary approach: [L’application réussie d’un bêta-blocage périopératoire par une approche multidisciplinaire]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 131-136. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional material  

James Paul, Elizabeth Ling, Julius Hajgato, and Lee McDonald

Both the OxyArm^TM and Capnoxygen mask provide clinically useful capnographic monitoring capability in volunteers: [L’OxyArm et le masque Capnoxygen permettent une surveillance capnographique chez des volontaires]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 137-142. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Sugantha Ganapathy, Colin J.L. McCartney, W. Scott Beattie, and Vincent W.S. Chan

Best evidence in anesthetic practice: Prevention: epidural anesthesia and analgesia does not reduce 30-day all-cause mortality and major morbidity after abdominal surgery
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 143-146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ercan Gürses, Hülya Sungurtekin, Erkan Tomatir, Canan Balci, and Mustafa Gönüllü

The addition of droperidol or clonidine to epidural tramadol shortens onset time and increases duration of postoperative analgesia: [L’addition de dropéridol ou de clonidine à l’administration péridurale de tramadol raccourcit le délai d’installation et prolonge la durée de l’analgésie postopératoire]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 147-152. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maximilian W.B. Hartmannsgruber, Peter G. Atanassoff, Arne Budde, Sorin J. Brull, Zeev N. Kain, and David G. Silverman

Intradermal sufentanil does not improve lidocaine-induced local anesthesia: [L’administration intradermique de sufentanil n’améliore pas l’anesthésie locale induite par la lidocaïne]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 153-158. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski and Jonathan L. Benumof

Images in Anesthesia: Headache caused by pneumocephalus following inadvertent dural puncture during epidural space identification: is it time to abandon the loss of resistance to air technique?
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 159-160. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia:

Ian Kaufman, Richard Bondy, and Alice Benjamin

Peripartum cardiomyopathy and thromboembolism; anesthetic management and clinical course of an obese, diabetic patient: [Cardiopathie périnatale et thromboembolie ; prise en charge anesthésique adoptée et évolution clinique d’une patiente diabétique et obèse]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 161-165. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Igor A. Luginbuehl, Cengiz Karsli, and Bruno Bissonnette

Cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide is preserved during hypocapnia in children anesthetized with 1.0 MAC, but not with 1.5 MAC desflurane: [La réactivité cérébrovasculaire au gaz carbonique est conservée pendant l’hypocapnie chez des enfants anesthésiés avec 1,0 CAM, mais non avec 1,5 CAM, de desflurane]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 166-171. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

Anne Marie Pinard, François Donati, Raymond Martineau, André Y. Denault, Jean Taillefer, and Michel Carrier

Magnesium potentiates neuromuscular blockade with cisatracurium during cardiac surgery: [Le magnésium potentialise le blocage neuromusculaire réalisé avec du cisatracurium en cardiochirurgie]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 172-178. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tiberiu Ezri, Beniamin Medalion, Marian Weisenberg, Peter Szmuk, R. David Warters, and Ilan Charuzi

Increased body mass index per se is not a predictor of difficult laryngoscopy: [Un indice de masse corporelle élevé n’est pas, en soi, un prédicteur de laryngoscopie difficile]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 179-183. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koichi Takita, Masahiro Yamane, Yuji Morimoto, and Osamu Kemmotsu

The ED₉₅ of end-tidal sevoflurane concentration for the smooth exchange of the tracheal tube for a laryngeal mask airway is 2.97%: [La DE₉₅ de la concentration télé-expiratoire de sévoflurane nécessaire au remplacement sans à-coups du tube endotrachéal par un masque laryngé est de 2,97 %]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 184-188. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl L. Hillermann, Joe Tarpey, and David E. Phillips

Laryngeal nerve identification during thyroid surgery – feasibility of a novel approach: [L’identification du nerf laryngé pendant l’opération de la thyroïde – la faisabilité d’une nouvelle approche]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 189-192. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care:

Masayuki Miyabe, Keiichi Tajima, Hiroshi Takahashi, and Hidenori Toyooka

Olprinone, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, does not affect hypoxia-induced pial arteriolar dilatation in rabbits: [L’olprinone, un inhibiteur de la phosphodiestérase III, n’a pas d’effet sur la dilatation artériolaire pie-mérienne chez les lapins]
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 193-197. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Walter W. van den Broek, Theo H.N. Groenland, Arinardi Kusuma, Paul G.H. Mulder, and Jan A. Bruijn

Alfentanil has no proconvulsive effect during electroconvulsive therapy
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 198-199. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nagesha S. Kasinath, Sawsan Alhaddad, Karen Steckner, and John Tetzlaff

Delayed diagnosis of latex allergy
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 199-200. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung Jin Hong, Eun Jung Cho, Ji Young Lee, Won Woo Kim, and Eung Kook Kim

The physiologic response to laparoscopic cholecystectomy: CO₂ pneumoperitoneum vs wall lift
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 200-201. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fang-Lin Chang, Go-Shine Huang, Chen-Hwan Cherng, Shung-Tai Ho, and Chih-Shung Wong

Repeated peripheral nerve blocks by the co-administration of ketamine, morphine, and bupivacaine attenuate trigeminal neuralgia
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 201-202. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takuo Hoshi, Masayuki Miyabe, Shinji Takahashi, and Hidenori Toyooka

Evaluation of the Arrow Flex Tip Plus^TM epidural catheter tip position and migration during continuous thoracic analgesia
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 202-203. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Baha Al-Shaikh and David Pilcher

Is there a need for the epiglottic bars in the laryngeal mask airway?
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 203-204. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Dohgomori, Kazuhiro Arikawa, and Yuichi Kanmura

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in a child with suspected influenza-associated encephalopathy
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 204. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

François Girard

Fundamental Principles and Practice of Anaesthesia: Peter Hutton, Griselda Cooper, Francis M. James III, John Butterworth. Taylor & Francis Books Ltd, 2002, 1100 pages. 95.00 UK. ISBN 1-899066-57-8
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 205-206. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. John Doyle

Web Site Review: "The Virtual Anesthesia Machine" (version 8.32)
Can J Anesth 2003 50: 206-207. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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