Toronto Critical Care Symposium: award-winning abstracts:

In collaboration with the Canadian Critical Care Society, the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia is proud to publish the best posters presented at the Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium 2004 (Adult and Pediatric) held in Toronto, Ontario, October 21 – October 23, 2004
Can J Anesth 2005 52: A1-A8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Dean A. Fergusson and Paul Hébert

The health(y) cost of erythropoietin in orthopedic surgery/Le coût élevé de l’érythropoïétine en chirurgie orthopédique
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 347-351. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saifee Rashiq

Clinical freedom’s final refuge/Le dernier abri de l’indépendance clinique
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 352-355. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Yves Dupuis and Marino Labinaz

Noncardiac surgery in patients with coronary artery stent: what should the anesthesiologist know?/La chirurgie non cardiaque chez des patients porteurs d’une endoprothèse coronaire : que devraient savoir les anesthésiologistes ?
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 356-361. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Keyvan Karkouti, Stuart A. McCluskey, Lucia Evans, Nizar Mahomed, Mohammed Ghannam, and Roderrick Davey

Erythropoietin is an effective clinical modality for reducing RBC transfusion in joint surgery: [Le traitement à l’érythropoïétine réduit efficacement les transfusions de culots globulaires en chirurgie orthopédique]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 362-368. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcella J. Lanzinger, Laura E. Niklason, Michael Shannon, and Steven E. Hill

Use of hemoglobin raffimer for postoperative life-threatening anemia in a Jehovah’s Witness: [L’usage d’un raffimère d’hémoglobine en cas d’anémie postopératoire grave chez un témoin de Jéhovah]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 369-373. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luis I. Cortinez, Jacques Somma, Kerri M. Robertson, John C. Keifer, David R. Wright, Yung-Wei Hsu, David B. MacLeod, and Eugene W. Moretti

Changes in hematocrit based on incremental blood sampling: mathematical models perform poorly: [Modifications de l’hématocrite fondées sur des échantillons sanguins incrémentiels : piètre performance des modèles mathématiques]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 374-378. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johannes H. van Oostrom, Michael E. Mahla, and Dietrich Gravenstein

The Stealth Station^TM Image Guidance System may interfere with pulse oximetry: [Le système de guidage par imagerie Stealth Station^TM peut nuire à la sphygmo-oxymétrie]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 379-382. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Philip W. H. Peng and Elkin D. Castano

Survey of chronic pain practice by anesthesiologists in Canada: [Enquête sur la pratique en douleur chronique des anesthésiologistes du Canada]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 383-389. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Anne Weber, Roxane Fournier, Nicolas Riand, and Zdravko Gamulin

Duration of analgesia is similar when 15, 20, 25 and 30 mL of ropivacaine 0.5% are administered via a femoral catheter: [La durée de l’analgésie est similaire quand 15, 20, 25 et 30 mL de ropivacaïne à 0,5 % sont administrés par un cathéter fémoral]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 390-396. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia:

Pamela Angle, Samuel Lap Tak Tang, Dorothy Thompson, and John Paul Szalai

Expectant management of postdural puncture headache increases hospital length of stay and emergency room visits: [Le traitement symptomatique de la céphalée post-ponction durale augmente la durée du séjour hospitalier et les visites à la salle d’urgence]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 397-402. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth M. LeDez and Geoff Zbitnew

Hyperbaric treatment of cerebral air embolism in an infant with cyanotic congenital heart disease: [Le traitement hyperbare d’une embolie gazeuse cérébrale chez un enfant atteint de cardiopathie cyanogène congénitale]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 403-408. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

Mihoko Inamura, Hirotsugu Okamoto, Masayuki Kuroiwa, and Sumio Hoka

General anesthesia for patients with Brugada syndrome. A report of six cases: [L’anesthésie générale chez des patients atteints du syndrome de Brugada. Présentation de six cas]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 409-412. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tae-Gyoon Yoon, Hye-Won Chang, Ho-Geol Ryu, Tae-Dong Kwon, and Jae-Hyon Bahk

Use of a neck brace minimizes double-lumen tube displacement during patient positioning: [L’usage d’un collet cervical réduit le déplacement du tube à double lumière pendant le positionnement du patient]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 413-417. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felice Agrò, Massimiliano Carassiti, Caterina Magnani, and David Alfery

Airway control via the CobraPLA^TM during percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy in five patients: [Le contrôle des voies aériennes par le CobraPLA^TM pendant la trachéotomie dilatatrice percutanée chez cinq patients]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 418-420. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franck Hamard, Martine Ferrandiere, Xavier Sauvagnac, Jean Christophe Mangin, Jacques Fusciardi, Colette Mercier, and Marc Laffon

La sédation au propofol permet l’intubation difficile vigile avec le masque laryngé Fastrach^TM: [Propofol sedation allows awake intubation of the difficult airway with the Fastrach^TM LMA]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 421-427. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care:

Daniel W. Howes, Eric S. Shelley, and William Pickett

Colorimetric carbon dioxide detector to determine accidental tracheal feeding tube placement: [Un détecteur colorimétrique de gaz carbonique pour déterminer la mise en place endotrachéale accidentelle d’un tube d’alimentation]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 428-432. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohit Bhutani, Edward Ralph, and Michael D. Sharpe

Acute paralysis following "a bad potato": a case of botulism: [Paralysie aiguë après une «mauvaise patate» : un cas de botulisme]
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 433-436. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Viren N. Naik, Mark F. Levine, and Beverly A. Orser

Grow your own: strategies to develop anesthesia researchers
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 437. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dilek Memis, Alparslan Turan, Gaye Kaya, Beyhan Karamanlioglu, and Sermin Seker

Preventing pain on injection of rocuronium: two doses of dexmedetomidine
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 437-438. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anil Agarwal, Sanjay Dhiraaj, Mehdi Raza, Ravindra Pandey, Rajeev Ranjan, Chandra K. Pandey, and Shiopriye

Percutaneous transhepatic biliary dilatation under thoracic epidural analgesia in a patient with a recent myocardial infarction
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 438-439. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ko Takakura, Maki Mizogami, Yasushi Ono, Kazuyuki Ooshima, and Ikunobu Muramatsu

Decrease of the inhibitory effect of lidocaine on trigeminal nerve response by the inflammatory oxidant peroxynitrite
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 439-440. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lindsey Patterson, Duncan Hunter, and Andrea Mann

Appropriate waiting time for noncardiac surgery following coronary stent insertion: views of Canadian anesthesiologists
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 440-441. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hilary P. Grocott

S100ß and postcardiac surgery neurological dysfunction: reasons to disregard any link
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 441-442. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meral Kanbak, Fatma Saricaoglu, and Turgay Ocal

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Can J Anesth 2005 52: 442-443. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Britta Patermann, John Lynch, Paul Schneider, Christoph Weigand, and Sandra Kampe

Intrathoracic positioning of a thoracic epidural catheter inserted via the median approach
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 443-444. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Wiesenack, Christoph Fiegl, Andreas Keyser, Sven Laule, Christopher Prasser, and Cornelius Keyl

Comparison of the accuracy of two different modes of continuous cardiac index measurement following rapid volume infusion
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 444-445. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas W. Felbinger, S. Rao Mallampati, and Holger K. Eltzschig

Airway management for postoperative respiratory failure: use of the laryngeal mask airway
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 445-446. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chien-Kun Ting, Hsu-Tang Liu, Kung-Yen Chen, Chen-Kou Liu, Mei-Yung Tsou, Kwok-Hon Chan, and Shen-Kou Tsai

Using a CO₂ detector to confirm endotracheal intubation in SARS patients
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 446-447. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Corentin Salengros, Pierre Pandin, and Edgard Engelman

Ventricular fibrillation in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) secondary to coronary spasm
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 447. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

D. John Doyle

The Airway Cam^TM Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management: Richard M. Levitan. Airway Cam Technologies, Inc., Wayne, Pennsylvania, 2004. 324 pages. 450 colour illustrations. $59.95 US. ISBN 192901812-6
Can J Anesth 2005 52: 448. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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