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Contents: October 1 2004, Volume 51, Issue 8   [Index by Author] 
       Editorials
       General Anesthesia
       Regional Anesthesia and Pain
       Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia
       Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway
       Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care
       Obituary/Necrologie
       Correspondence
       Book & New Media Reviews
       Erratum
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Editorials:

P.J. Devereaux, Kate Leslie, and Homer Yang
The effect of perioperative beta-blockers on patients undergoing noncardiac surgery - is the answer in?/L’effet des bêta-blo-quants périopératoires sur les patients de chirurgie non cardiaque - avons-nous la réponse ?
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 749-755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beverley A. Orser and Robert Byrick
Anesthesia-related medication error: time to take action/Les erreurs de médication reliées à l’anesthésie : il est temps d’agir
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 756-760. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Ivan Rapchuk, Shannon Rabuka, and Marcello Tonelli
Perioperative use of beta-blockers remains low: experience of a single Canadian tertiary institution: [L’usage périopératoire des bêta-bloquants n’est pas fréquent : l’expérience d’un seul centre tertiaire canadien]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 761-767. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory L. Bryson, Frances Chung, Barry A. Finegan, Zeev Friedman, Donald R. Miller, Janet van Vlymen, Robin G. Cox, Marie-Josée Crowe, John Fuller, Cynthia Henderson, for the Canadian Ambulatory Anesthesia Research Education Group
Patient selection in ambulatory anesthesia – An evidence-based review: part I: [La sélection des patients en anesthésie ambulatoire – Une revue factuelle : partie I]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 768-781. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Gregory L. Bryson, Frances Chung, Robin G. Cox, Marie-Josée Crowe, John Fuller, Cynthia Henderson, Barry A. Finegan, Zeev Friedman, Donald R. Miller, Janet van Vlymen, for the Canadian Ambulatory Anesthesia Research Education Group
Patient selection in ambulatory anesthesia – An evidence-based review: part II: [La sélection des patients en anesthésie ambulatoire – Une revue factuelle : partie II]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 782-794. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Thomas M. Hemmerling, Guillaume Michaud, Guillaume Trager, and Stéphane Deschamps
Phonomyographic measurements of neuromuscular blockade are similar to mechanomyography for hand muscles: [Les mesures phonomyographiques du blocage neuromusculaire sont similaires à celles de la mécanomyographie pour les muscles de la main]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 795-800. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Heidegger, Matthias Nuebling, Reinhard Germann, Hans Borg, Katrin Flückiger, Trinidad Coi, and Yvonne Husemann
Patient satisfaction with anesthesia care: information alone does not lead to improvement: [La satisfaction du patient face à l’anesthésie : l’information ne suffit pas à l’amélioration]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 801-805. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Cardinal, René Martin, Jean-Pierre Tétrault, Marie-José Colas, Linda Gagnon, and Yves Claprood
Bradycardie sévère et asystolie lors d’induction au sévoflurane et sufentanil à faible dose : à propos de trois cas: [Low dose sufentanil and severe bradycardia during induction with sevoflurane: a report of three cases]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 806-809. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Juliann T. Cotter, Karen C. Nielsen, Ulrich Guller, Susan M. Steele, Stephen M. Klein, Roy A. Greengrass, and Ricardo Pietrobon
Increased body mass index and ASA physical status IV are risk factors for block failure in ambulatory surgery - an analysis of 9,342 blocks: [Un indice de masse corporelle élevé et un état physique de classe IV selon l’ASA sont des facteurs de risque d’échec de l’anesthésie régionale ambulatoire – l’analyse de 9 342 cas]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 810-816. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emmanuel Guntz, Pierre Herman, Eric Debizet, Damien Delhaye, Very Coulic, and Maurice Sosnowski
Sciatic nerve block in the popliteal fossa: description of a new medial approach: [Le bloc du nerf sciatique dans le creux poplité : une nouvelle approche médiale]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 817-820. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geneviève Arcand, François Girard, Michael McCormack, Philippe Chouinard, Daniel Boudreault, and Stephan Williams
Bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy after unintentional dural puncture: [Paralysie bilatérale du sixième nerf crânien à la suite d’une brèche durale accidentelle]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 821-823. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia:

Ross Barlow, Cengiz Karsli, Igor Luginbuehl, and Bruno Bissonnette
Desflurane increases cerebral blood flow velocity when used for rapid emergence from propofol anesthesia in children: [Le desflurane augmente la vitesse circulatoire cérébrale quand il est utilisé pour un réveil rapide après l’anesthésie au propofol chez des enfants]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 824-828. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

René Allard, Roupen Hatzakorzian, Alain Deschamps, and Steven B. Backman
Decreased heart rate and blood pressure in a recent cardiac transplant patient after spinal anesthesia: [Baisse de la fréquence cardiaque et de la tension artérielle après rachianesthésie chez un patient qui a récemment reçu une greffe cardiaque]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 829-833. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Keller, Joseph Brimacombe, Bernhard Moriggl, Philipp Lirk, and Achim von Goedecke
In cadavers, directly measured mucosal pressures are similar for the UniqueTM and the Soft SealTM laryngeal mask airway devices: [Les pressions exercées sur les muqueuses par les masques laryngés UniqueTM et Soft SealTM, mesurées directement sur des cadavres, sont similaires]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 834-837. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony M. H. Ho, David C. Chung, Edward W. H. To, and Manoj K. Karmakar
Total airway obstruction during local anesthesia in a non-sedated patient with a compromised airway: [Une obstruction totale des voies aériennes pendant une anesthésie locale chez un patient éveillé qui présentait déjà une obstruction respiratoire partielle]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 838-841. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean C. Minogue, Murray Morrisson, and Mark Ansermino
Laryngo-tracheo-bronchial stenosis in a patient with primary pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report and brief review: [Une sténose laryngo-trachéo-bronchique chez un patient atteint d’amylose pulmonaire primaire : une étude de cas et une brève revue]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 842-845. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care:

Robert C. McDermid
Best evidence in critical care medicine: Treatment of submassive pulmonary embolism
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 846-847. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obituary/Necrologie:

Thomas Coonan and David Wills
Dr. Ian Stewart Robb 1916–2004
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 848-849. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Pascal Fangio, Bernard De Jonghe, Jean-Claude Lachérade, Jean-Pierre Terville, and Hervé Outin
Coronary spasm in a 59-yr-old woman with hyperventilation
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 850-851. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephan Blumenthal, Georgios Ekatodramis, and Alain Borgeat
Ropivacaine plasma concentrations are similar during continuous lumbar plexus blockade using two techniques: pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics?
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 851. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne Guay
REPLY
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 851-852. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik Lemay, Joanne Guay, Christiane Côté, and Yves E. Leclerc
Le bloc paravertébral n’est pas une technique anesthésique de choix pour la chirurgie mammaire mineure en court séjour [Paravertebral blockade is not a suitable anesthetic technique for ambulatory minor breast surgery]
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 852-853. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Strock, Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski, and Mark Greenberg
Accidental administration of succinylcholine for the treatment of hypotension in a labouring parturient
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 853-854. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John A. C. Murdoch, Jeremy Lane, and David H. Goldstein
Drug labelling and a near miss in the labour suite
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 854-855. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Weber, Harald Hollnberger, Michael Gruber, Bernhard Frank, and Kai Taeger
Narcotrend® depth of anesthesia monitoring in infants and children
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 855-856. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chih-Hsiang Tsou, Chern-En Chiang, Tsair Kao, Bruno Jawan, and Hsiang-Ning Luk
Atropine-triggered idiopathic ventricular tachycardia in an asymptomatic pediatric patient
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 856-857. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David T. Neilipovitz
Rapid sequence intubation: how do we define success?
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 857-858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Lim and David A. Celaschi
Rapid sequence intubation: how do we define success?
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 858. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Adam Law and George Kovacs
REPLY
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 858-859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph Brimacombe and Christian Keller
Gum elastic bougie-guided insertion of the LMA-ProSealTM in occult tonsillar hypertrophy
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

Lucia Gagliese
Handbook of Pain Relief in Older Adults: an Evidence-Based Approach: F. Michael Gloth III (Ed.). The Humana Press Inc., 2004. 264 pages. ISBN 1-58829-217-7
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum:

Erratum
Can J Anesth 2004 51: 860. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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