Editorials:

Neil Donen and Jean-François Hardy

Anesthesia physician resources - time to change the focus/Les ressources médicales en anesthésie – il est temps d’ajuster l’objectif
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 1-7. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harold R. Roberts

Recombinant factor VIIa: how safe is the stuff?/Le facteur VIIa recombinant : jusqu’où le truc est-il sûr?
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 8-11. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Davy C. H. Cheng

Regional analgesia and ultra-fast-track cardiac anesthesia/Analgésie régionale et procédure ultra-accélérée d’anesthésie cardiaque
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 12-17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Dale A. Engen, Gordon H. Morewood, Nancy J. Ghazar, Ted Ashbury, Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof, and Louie Wang

A demand-based assessment of the Canadian anesthesia workforce – 2002 through 2007: [Évaluation des effectifs canadiens en anesthésie fondée sur la demande – de 2002 à 2007]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 18-25. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia Pavese, Agnès Bonadona, Jean Beaubien, Pascal Labrecque, Gilles Pernod, Christian Letoublon, and Didier Barnoud

FVIIa corrects the coagulopathy of fulminant hepatic failure but may be associated with thrombosis: a report of four cases: [Le FVIIa corrige la coagulopathie d’une insuffisance hépatique fulminante, mais peut être associé à la thrombose : présentation de quatre cas]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 26-29. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles Marc Samama, Rachid Djoudi, Thomas Lecompte, Nathalie Nathan-Denizot, Jean-François Schved, and the AFSSAPS Expert Group

Perioperative platelet transfusion: recommendations of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (AFSSaPS) 2003: [Transfusion périopératoire de plaquettes : recommandations de l’Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (AFSSaPS) 2003]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 30-37. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Luginbühl, Steen Petersen-Felix, Alex M. Zbinden, and Thomas W. Schnider

Xenon does not reduce opioid requirement for orthopedic surgery: [Le xénon ne réduit pas les besoins d’opioïdes en chirurgie orthopédique]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 38-44. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Suntheralingam Yogendran, Atul Prabhu, Ayman Hendy, Glenn McGuire, Charles Imarengiaye, Jean Wong, and Frances Chung

Vital capacity and patient controlled sevoflurane inhalation result in similar induction characteristics: [L’inhalation de sévoflurane à capacité vitale et l’inhalation autocontrôlée induisent l’anesthésie de façon similaire]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 45-49. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joachim Schmidt, Andrea Irouschek, Tino Muenster, Thomas M. Hemmerling, and Sven Albrecht

A priming technique accelerates onset of neuromuscular blockade at the laryngeal adductor muscles: [Une technique d’amorçage accélère le blocage neuromusculaire au niveau des muscles adducteurs du larynx]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 50-54. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda K. Reeve, Deborah J. Cook, Denise Babineau, L. Cory Scholes, and D. Norman Buckley

Prophylactic Diclectin® reduces the incidence of postoperative vomiting: [L’administration prophylactique de Diclectin® réduit l’incidence de vomissements postopératoires]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 55-61. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Zouheir Naja, Mohammad Fouad Ziade, and Per-Arne Lönnqvist

Nerve stimulator guided pudendal nerve block decreases posthemorrhoidectomy pain: [Le bloc du nerf honteux guidé par neurostimulation diminue la douleur posthémorroïdectomie]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 62-68. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Jennifer M. Porter, Colin J. L. McCartney, and Vincent W. S. Chan

Needle placement and injection posterior to the axillary artery may predict successful infraclavicular brachial plexus block: a report of three cases: [La position de l’aiguille et l’injection postérieure à l’artère axillaire peuvent prédire la réussite d’un bloc sous-claviculairedu plexus brachial : présentation de trois cas]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 69-73. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott A. Lang, Chris Prusinkiewicz, and Ban C.H. Tsui

Failed spinal anesthesia after a psoas compartment block: [L’échec de la rachianesthésie après le bloc de la loge du psoas]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 74-78. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

In Memoriam:

Robert W. Lamont

Jack Rolf Vanderburgh MD FRCP(C)
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 78. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

Marie-Christine Taillefer and André Y. Denault

Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy in adult heart surgery: systematic review of its clinical efficacy: [La spectroscopie cérébrale par infrarouge en cardiochirurgie chez l’adulte : une étude systématique de son efficacité clinique]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 79-87. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Lori Olivieri and Gilles Plourde

Prolonged (more than ten hours) neuromuscular blockade after cardiac surgery: report of two cases: [Un blocage neuromusculaire prolongé (plus de dix heures) après une intervention en cardiochirurgie : présentation de deux cas]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 88-93. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel L. Parlow, R. Geoffrey Steele, and Deirdre O’Reilly

Low dose intrathecal morphine facilitates early extubation after cardiac surgery: results of a retrospective continuous quality improvement audit: [L’administration intrathécale d’une faible dose de morphine facilite l’extubation précoce après la cardiochirurgie : résultats d’un audit rétrospectif continu sur l’amélioration de la qualité]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 94-99. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas D. Snider, Donna Clarke, and Brendan T. Finucane

The "BURP" maneuver worsens the glottic view when applied in combination with cricoid pressure: [La manuvre PAHD, combinée à la compression cricoïdienne, dégrade la visualisation de la glotte]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 100-104. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinichi Kihara, Yuichi Yaguchi, Noriko Taguchi, Joseph R. Brimacombe, and Seiji Watanabe

The StyletScope^TM is a better intubation tool than a conventional stylet during simulated cervical spine immobilization: [Le StyletScope^TM est un meilleur outil d’intubation que le stylet traditionnel pendant l’immobilisation simulée de la colonne cervicale]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 105-110. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Rajesh Mahajan, Yatendra Kumar Batra, and Sushil Kumar

Pain on injection of rocuronium: influence of ketamine pretreatment
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 111-112. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Konrad Maurer, Katharina M. Rentsch, Alexander Dullenkopf, René Prêtre, and Edith R. Schmid

Continuous extrapleural infusion of ropivacaine in children: is it safe?
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 112-113. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Narasimhan Jagannathan and John E. Tetzlaff

Epidural blood patch in a Jehovah’s Witness patient with post-dural puncture cephalgia
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 113. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladmir Frenk, William Camann, and Kodali Bhavani Shankar

Regional anesthesia in parturients with low platelet counts
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 114. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James H. MacG. Palmer and Steve M. Yentis

Cricoid pressure application to awake volunteers: discomfort cannot be used to indicate appropriate force
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 114-115. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tadakazu Sakuragi, Koichiro Hori, Takahisa Shiratake, Junko Miyawaki, and Miki Ishida

Tracheal intubation in an adult male with Mallampati class zero airway
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 115-116. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristóbal Añez, Ana Fuentes, Pilar Jubera, J. M. Sala, and Maria Rull

The ProSeal laryngeal mask airway interferes with magnetic resonance imaging
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 116-117. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hae-Keum Kil, Bon-Neyo Koo, Joon-Hee Park, and Won-Oak Kim

The spatula introducer for insertion of the flexible reinforced laryngeal mask airway (RLMA)
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 117-118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Bracco, Marc-Jacques Dubois, and Redouane Bouali

Intoxication by bleach ingestion
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 118-119. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neeraj Saxena and Munish Sharma

Cerebral infarction following carotid arterial injection of adrenaline
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 119. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Erratum
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 119. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

David Bracco

Contributions to Nephrology Vol. 144: Sepsis, Kidney and Multiple Organ Dysfunction: Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, Alessandra Brendolan (Eds). Karger Inc., 2004. 404 pages. ISBN 3-8055-7755-9
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 120. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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