Editorials:

John M. Murkin

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction: aprotinin, bleeding and cognitive testing/Dysfonction cognitive postopératoire : aprotinine, hémorragie et épreuves cognitives
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 957-962. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orlando Hung and Michael Murphy

Changing practice in airway management: are we there yet?/Évolution dans le contrôle des voies aériennes : y sommes-nous déjà ?
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 963-968. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Frédéric Aubrun, Olga Hrazdilova, Olivier Langeron, Pierre Coriat, and Bruno Riou

A high initial VAS score and sedation after iv morphine titration are associated with the need for rescue analgesia: [Un score de douleur initial élevé et une somnolence après titrage de morphine par voie iv sont prédictifs du recours à une analgésie de secours]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 969-974. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silviu Brill and Miguel Plaza

Non-narcotic adjuvants may improve the duration and quality of analgesia after knee arthroscopy: a brief review: [Les adjuvants non narcotiques peuvent améliorer la durée et la qualité de l’anal-gésie après une arthroscopie du genou : une revue sommaire]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 975-978. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Jingui Yu, Koji Ogawa, Yasuyuki Tokinaga, Shizue Iwahashi, and Yoshio Hatano

The vascular relaxing effects of sevoflurane and isoflurane are more important in hypertensive than in normotensive rats: [Les effets vasculaires décontractants du sévoflurane et de l’isoflurane sont plus importants chez les rats hypertendus comparés aux normotendus]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 979-985. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Chandra Kant Pandey, Surabhi Sahay, Devendra Gupta, Sushil Prakash Ambesh, Ram Badan Singh, Mehdi Raza, Uttam Singh, and Prabhat Kumar Singh

Preemptive gabapentin decreases postoperative pain after lumbar discoidectomy: [L’administration préventive de gabapentine diminue la douleur postopératoire d’une discectomie lombaire]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 986-989. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Hinteregger, Fritz Zschiegner, Philipp Lirk, Eugen Ladner, Albert Goeschl, Othmar Gaber, Patrizia Moser, Ingo Lorenz, and Christian Kolbitsch

A new guidance device facilitates percutaneous puncture of the foramen ovale in human cadavers: [Un nouveau guidage facilite la ponction percutanée du foramen ovale chez les cadavres humains]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 990-992. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia:

Abdulrahman Al-Refai, Vit Gunka, and Joanne Douglas

Spinal anesthesia for Cesarean section in a parturient with long QT syndrome: [La rachianesthésie pour une césarienne chez une parturiente qui présente un syndrome du QT long]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 993-996. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Dullenkopf, Andreas Gerber, and Markus Weiss

The Microcuff^TM tube allows a longer time interval until unsafe cuff pressures are reached in children: [Le tube Microcuff^TM, utilisé chez les enfants, prolonge l’intervalle précédant l’atteinte de pressions dangereuses du ballonnet]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 997-1001. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

Dominic C. Harmon, Kamran G. Ghori, Nicholas P. Eustace, Sheila J. F. O'Callaghan, Aonghus P. O'Donnell, and George D. Shorten

Aprotinin decreases the incidence of cognitive deficit following CABG and cardiopulmonary bypass: a pilot randomized controlled study: [L’aprotinine réduit l’incidence de déficit cognitif à la suite d’un PAC et de la circulation extracorporelle : une étude pilote randomisée et contrôlée]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1002-1009. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Tomohiro Matsuda, Satoki Inoue, Sha Keiichi, and Hitoshi Furuya

Images in Anesthesia: Accidental knot formation of a pulmonary artery catheter
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1010. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George J. Crystal, Ahmed A. Metwally, and M. Ramez Salem

Isoflurane preserves central nervous system blood flow during intraoperative cardiac tamponade in dogs: [L’isoflurane maintient le débit sanguin du système nerveux central pendant une tamponnade péricardique peropératoire chez des chiens]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1011-1017. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Adrian A. Matioc and John Olson

Use of the Laryngeal Tube^TM in two unexpected difficult airway situations: lingual tonsillar hyperplasia and morbid obesity: [L’usage du Laryngeal Tube^TM dans deux situations d’intubation difficile inattendue : hyperplasie des amygdales linguales et obésité morbide]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1018-1021. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xavier Combes, Marc Dumerat, and Gilles Dhonneur

Emergency gum elastic bougie-assisted tracheal intubation in four patients with upper airway distortion: [L’intubation trachéale d’urgence assistée par une bougie en caoutchouc élastique chez quatre patients qui présentent une distorsion des voies aériennes supérieures]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1022-1024. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care:

Sean R. R. Hall, Louie Wang, Brian Milne, and Murray Hong

Central dexmedetomidine attenuates cardiac dysfunction in a rodent model of intracranial hypertension: [La dexmédétomidine centrale atténue la dysfonction cardiaque chez un modèle rongeur d’hypertension intracrânienne]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1025-1033. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tasnim Sinuff, Deborah J. Cook, Graeme M. Rocker, Lauren E. Griffith, Stephen D. Walter, Malcolm M. Fisher, Peter M. Dodek, Peter Sjokvist, Ellen McDonald, John C. Marshall, Peter A. Kraus, Mitchell M. Levy, Neil M. Lazar, Gordon H. Guyatt for The Level Of Care Study Investigators & The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

DNR directives are established early in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients: [Les directives PDR sont établies tôt chez les patients sous ventilation mécanique à l’unité des soins intensifs]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1034-1041. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Neil M. Skjodt and Derek R. Townsend

Best evidence in critical care medicine: Treatment: Vasodilatation with nitroprusside in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and congestive heart failure improves cardiac index
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1042-1044. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

W. Li Pi Shan, Jeffrey Barkun, Peter Metrakos, Jean Tchervenkov, and Steven B. Backman

Blood product use during orthotopic liver transplantation
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1045-1046. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vinanti Cherian and Mohammad Faheem

Knotting of a peripherally inserted central catheter
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1046-1047. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshitaka Fujii

Pretreatment with flurbiprofen axetil and venous occlusion to reduce pain during injection of propofol
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1047-1048. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eun Sung Kim, Jaemin Lee, and Jong Ho Choi

Optimal dose range of epidural naloxone to reduce nausea in patients receiving epidural morphine
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1048-1049. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hubert J. Schmitt, Tino Muenster, and Joachim Schmidt

Central neural blockade in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1049-1050. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoni Arxer, Berta Pardina, Itziar Blas, Lluís Ramió, and Antonio Villalonga

Dural sinus thrombosis in a late preeclamptic woman
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1050-1051. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felice Agrò, Alessandra Totonelli, and Stefano Gherardi

Planned lightwand intubation in a patient with a known difficult airway
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1051-1052. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshitaka Inoue

Lightwand intubation can improve airway management
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1052-1053. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajesh Mahajan, Yatindera Kumar Batra, and Sushil Kumar

Another cause of obstruction of the endotracheal tube during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1053. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kohki Nishikawa, Chisaki Nagashima, Yuki Shimodate, Motohiko Igarashi, and Akiyoshi Namiki

Migration of the endotracheal tube during laparoscopy-assisted abdominal surgery in young and elderly patients
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 1053-1054. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Best of the Meeting:

Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Annual Meeting: Award-Winning Abstracts
Can J Anesth 2004 51: A1-A10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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