Editorials:

Donald R. Miller and Members of the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia Editorial Board

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia: 2006 and beyond/Le Journal canadien d’anesthésie : 2006 et au delà
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1-5. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Davy C.H. Cheng and Peter T. Choi

Evidence-based decision making: current challenges and a new feature in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/La prise de décision fondée sur les preuves : les défis actuels et une nouvelle chronique dans le Journal canadien d’anesthésie
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 6-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Keyvan Karkouti, Stuart A. McCluskey, Mohammed Ghannam, Mary-Jane Salpeter, Ian Quirt, and Terrence M. Yau

Intravenous iron and recombinant erythropoietin for the treatment of postoperative anemia: [L’administration intraveineuse de fer et d’érythropoïétine recombinante pour le traitement de l’anémie postopératoire]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 11-19. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Edna Zohar, Ilia Luban, Paul F. White, Erez Ramati, Shay Shabat, and Brian Fredman

Bispectral index monitoring does not improve early recovery of geriatric outpatients undergoing brief surgical procedures: [Le monitorage avec l’index bispectral n’améliore pas la récupération précoce des patients ambulatoires âgés après une opération brève]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 20-25. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deven Chandra, Michael J. Tessler, and John Usher

Audio spectrum and sound pressure levels vary between pulse oximeters: [Le spectre audible et les niveaux de pression sonore varient entre sphygmo-oxymètres]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26-32. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jocelyn M. Lockyer, Claudio Violato, and Herta Fidler

A multi source feedback program for anesthesiologists: [Un programme de rétroaction multisources pour les anesthésiologistes]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 33-39. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Jean Corentin Salengros, Pierre Pandin, Frédéric Schuind, and Arlette Vandesteene

Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials to facilitate peripheral nerve release: [Les potentiels évoqués somesthésiques peropératoires pour faciliter la libération de nerfs périphériques]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 40-45. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Daniel Bainbridge, Davy C. Cheng, Janet E. Martin, Richard Novick, and The Evidence-Based Perioperative Clinical Outcomes Research (EPiCOR) Group

NSAID-analgesia, pain control and morbidity in cardiothoracic surgery: [L’analgésie avec des AINS, le contrôle de la douleur et la morbidité en chirurgie cardiothoracique]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 46-59. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Nathalie Mathieu, Nathalie Cnudde, Edgard Engelman, and Luc Barvais

Intranasal sufentanil is effective for postoperative analgesia in adults: [L’administration intranasale de sufentanil est efficace pour l’analgésie postopératoire chez les adultes]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 60-66. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre Pandin, Jean Corentin Salengros, Alain d’Hollander, Christiane Tchekap, and Arlette Vandesteene

Somatosensory evoked potentials as an objective assessment of the sensory median nerve blockade after infraclavicular block: [Les potentiels évoqués somesthésiques comme évaluation objective du bloc sensitif du nerf médian après un bloc sous-claviculaire]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 67-72. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia:

G. Allen Finley, Sherry H. Stewart, Susan Buffett-Jerrott, Kristi D. Wright, and Donna Millington

High levels of impulsivity may contraindicate midazolam premedication in children: [De hauts niveaux d’impulsivité peuvent être une contre-indication à une pré-médication de midazolam chez des enfants]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 73-78. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Frölich, David J. Burchfield, Tammy Y. Euliano, and Donald Caton

A single dose of fentanyl and midazolam prior to Cesarean section have no adverse neontal effects: [Une seule dose de fentanyl et de midazolam administrée avant la césarienne n’a pas d’effet néonatal]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 79-85. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

Caroline Gagnon, Louis-Philippe Fortier, and François Donati

When a leak is unavoidable, preoxygenation is equally ineffective with vital capacity or tidal volume breathing: [Quand une fuite est inévitable, la préoxygénation n’est pas plus efficace avec des manoeuvres de capacité vitale qu’avec une respiration normale]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 86-91. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Beriault, Jennifer Green, and Anita Hui

Innovative airway management for peritonsillar abscess: [Contrôle novateur des voies aériennes dans un cas de phlegmon amygdalien]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 92-95. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sophia S.F. Wong, Alex Shenderey, and Claude Laflamme

Images in Anesthesia: Transesophageal echocardiography images of anomalous circumflex coronary artery
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 96. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neuroanesthesia and Intensive Care:

Irene Rozet, David W. Newell, and Arthur M. Lam

Intraoperative jugular bulb desaturation during acute aneurysmal rupture: [Désaturation peropératoire du golfe de la jugulaire pendant la rupture aiguë d’un anévrysme]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 97-100. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Urban Ruettimann, Wolfgang Ummenhofer, Florian Rueter, and Hans Pargger

Management of acute respiratory distress syndrome using pumpless extracorporeal lung assist: [Traitement du syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë avec assistance respiratoire extracorporelle sans pompe]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 101-105. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Paul M. Kempen and Li Meng

Complication of a non-invasive blood pressure cuff during prone positioning
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 106. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony M.-H. Ho and Manoj K. Karmakar

Cuffed versus uncuffed pediatric endotracheal tubes
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 106. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orlando R. Hung, Juliana S. Tibbet, Ronald Cheng, and J. Adam Law

Proper preparation of the Trachlight^TM and endotracheal tube to facilitate intubation
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 107-108. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Sheppard, Jeff Davis, and Derek Blackstock

Improving patient safety by design - a new spinal/intrathecal injection safety system
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 108-109. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans Jutzi, Stephan Blumehthal, and Alain Borgeat

Ropivacaine 0.5% administered via a femoral catheter: is the obturator nerve also blocked?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 109-110. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Weber, Roxane Fournier, and Zdravko Gamulin

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Can J Anesth 2006 53: 110. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jérôme Delcourt, Jeanne Barré, Chantal Lelarge, Martine Payen, and Jean-Marc Malinovsky

Delayed respiratory depression after interscalene blockade for shoulder surgery in geriatric patients
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 110-111. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

Joan C. Bevan

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Anaesthesia Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine, 1^st Edition: Stuart M. White, Timothy J. Baldwin. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town. Paperback 216 pages. $60.00 CDN. ISBN 1 841 10209 1
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 112. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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