Editorials:

Barry A. Finegan

Progress through cooperation: securing a sound training pathway for perioperative transesophageal echocardiography/Le progrès par la coopération : concrétiser l’accès à une formation solide sur l’échocardiographie transsophagienne périopératoire
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 969-972. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Stafford-Smith

Hurry up and slow down: Lessons in drug development from the COX-2 inhibitors/Se hâter et ralentir: les leçons à tirer de la production des inhibiteurs de la COX-2
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 973-977. [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Anesthesia:

Yunseok Jeon, Ho-Geol Ryu, Seung-Zhoo Yoon, Jin-Hee Kim, and Jae-Hyon Bahk

Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of ECG-guided central venous catheter placement: [Évaluation échocardiographique transsophagienne de la mise en place d’un cathéter veineux central guidée par ECG]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 978-983. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hubert J. Schmitt and Tino Münster

Mivacurium-induced neuromuscular block in adult patients suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: [Le blocage neuromusculaire induit par le mivacurium chez des patients adultes atteints de la maladie de Charcot-Marie-Tooth]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 984-988. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian A. Hall, Evangelo Frigas, Damir Matesic, Michael D. Gillett, and Juraj Sprung

Case report: Intraoperative anaphylactoid reaction and hydroxyethyl starch in balanced electrolyte solution (Hextend®): [Présentation de cas : réaction anaphylactoïde peropératoire et amidon hydroxyéthylé dans une solution d’électrolyte balancée (Hextend®)]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 989-993. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Putul Sarkar, Grainne Nicholson, and George Hall

Brief review: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angioedema: anesthetic implications: [Revue sommaire sur les implications anesthésiques de l’dème de Quincke et des inhibiteurs de l’enzyme de conversion de l’angiotensine]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 994-1003. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regional Anesthesia and Pain:

Tomoki Nishiyama

Analgesic effects of systemic midazolam: comparison with intrathecal administration: [Les effets analgésiques du midazolam à action générale : comparaison avec l’administration intrathécale]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1004-1009. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstetrical and Pediatric Anesthesia:

Kenneth C. Cummings, III and James A. Dolak

Case report: Epidural abscess in a parturient with pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP): [Présentation de cas : un abcès péridural chez une parturiente qui présente des papules et des plaques prurigineuses urticariennes de la grossesse (PPPUG)]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1010-1014. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yota Kapessidou, Mathieu Vokaer, Marc Laureys, Jean C. Bier, and Jean G. Boogaerts

Case report: Cerebral vein thrombosis after subarachnoid analgesia for labour: [Thrombose veineuse cérébrale à la suite d’une analgésie sous-arachnoïdienne pour le travail obstétrical]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1015-1019. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Respiration and Airway:

André Y. Denault, Pierre Couture, Jean Buithieu, Francois Haddad, Michel Carrier, Denis Babin, Sylvie Levesque, and Jean-Claude Tardif

Left and right ventricular diastolic dysfunction as predictors of difficult separation from cardiopulmonary bypass: [La dysfonction ventriculaire diastolique gauche et droite comme prédicteur des difficultés de sevrage de la circulation extracorporelle]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1020-1029. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory M.T. Hare, Alana Harrington, Elaine Liu, Jian Li Wang, Andrew J. Baker, and C. David Mazer

Effect of oxygen affinity and molecular weight of HBOCs on cerebral oxygenation and blood pressure in rats: [L’effet de l’affinité pour l’oxygène et du poids moléculaire des TOBH sur l’oxygénation et la tension artérielle chez les rats]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1030-1038. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Jacobsohn, Michael S. Avidan, Charles B. Hantler, Frank Rosemeier, and Charl J. De Wet

Case report: Inferior vena-cava right atrial anastomotic stenosis after bicaval orthotopic heart transplantation: [Présentation de cas : sténose anastomotique auriculaire droite de la veine cave inférieure à la suite d’une transplantation cardiaque orthotopique bicave]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1039-1043. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Special Article:

François Béïque, Mohamed Ali, Mark Hynes, Scott MacKenzie, André Denault, André Martineau, Charles MacAdams, Corey Sawchuk, Kristine Hirsch, Martin Lampa, Patricia Murphy, Georges Honos, Bradley Munt, Anthony Sanfilippo, and Peter Duke

Canadian guidelines for training in adult perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: Recommendations of the Cardiovascular Section of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society and the Canadian Society of Echocardiography: [Lignes directrices canadiennes pour la formation en echocardiography transæsophagienne chez l’adulte Recommandations de la Section cardiovasculaire de la Société canadienne des anesthésiologistes et de la Société canadienne d’échocardiographie]
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1044-1060. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

D. John Doyle

Must the entire brain be dead to diagnose brain death?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1061. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sam D. Shemie

REPLY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1061-1062. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandeep Kapur, Hirachand Mutagi, and Jon Raphael

Meningismus after metaraminol administration in a patient with Familial Mediterranean fever
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1062-1063. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Micaglio, Matteo Parotto, Daniele Trevisanuto, Vincenzo Zanardo, and Carlo Ori

Glidescope^TM/gastric-tube guided technique: a back-up approach for ProSeal^TM LMA insertion
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1063-1064. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sharif Al-Ruzzeh

Less invasive cardiac output monitoring for OPCAB surgery
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1064-1065. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

Robert Banner

Neural Therapy: Applied Neurophysiology and Other Topics: Robert F. Kidd. Custom Printers, 2005. 224 pages. $79.95 USD. ISBN 0-9737800-0-2. Website: neuraltherapybook.com
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1066. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yves Veillette

Emerging Strategies for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: James N. Campbell, Allan I. Basbaum, André Dray, Ronald Dubner, Robert H. Dworkin, Christine N. Sang. IASP Press, 2006 hardbound, 512 pages, 32 figures, 12 tables. US $80.00 [IASP members – US $64.00] ISBN 0-931092-61-2
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 1066-1067. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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