Sunday June 18:

Poster Discussion 1: CVT Group 1

Rita Katznelson, Ludwik Fedorko, Robert James Cusimano, Jacek Karski, and George Djaiani

26198 - OFF-PUMP CABG SURGERY REDUCES BRAIN INJURY IN ATHEROMATOUS THORACIC AORTA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26198. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary Dobson, Michael Chong, Michelle Walker, Clifton Johnston, and Mustafa Karamanoglu

26248 - A SIMPLE MEANS OF EVALUATING PERI-OPERATIVE ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26248. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Hemmerling, Ignatio Prieto, Fadi Basile, and Nicolas Noiseux

26412 - AWAKE CARDIAC SURGERY USING A NOVEL TECHNIQUE: A PILOT FEASIBILITY STUDY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26412. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Hemmerling, Ignatio Prieto, Fadi Basile, and Nicolas Noiseux

26414 - DESFLURANE CAUSES MORE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND TACHYCARDIA AFTER OFF-PUMP AORTO-CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING (OPCAB) THAN SEVOFLURANE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26414. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle Way and Tim Aye

26415 - INHALED PROSTACYCLIN TO TREAT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION POST CV SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26415. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francoise Briet, Mary Keith, Howard Leong-poih, Lee Errett, and David Mazer

26446 - ANESTHETIC & NUTRIENT CARDIOPROTECTION AFTER MI IN RATS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26446. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Greg Haljan, Ainslie M Sutherland, John M Murkin, and Keith R Walley

26447 - SERUM ERYTHROPOIETIN LEVELS INCREASE AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME AT DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26447. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita Katznelson, Scott Beattie, Leonid Minkovich, Zeev Freidman, and George Djaini

26461 - INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26461. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashraf Fayad, Homer Yang, and Labib Abib

26474 - CORONARY SINUS LACTATE CONCENTRATION DURING MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26474. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashraf Fayad and Homer Yang

26476 - HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES DURING OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26476. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Carvalho, Ann Moore, Turki Al-Backer, Kevin Lachapelle, and Thomas Schricker

26481 - CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF INSULIN AND MAINTENANCE OF NORMOGLYCEMIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26481. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 2: CVT Group 2

Andrew Roscoe, George Kanellakos, Karen Mcrae, and Peter Slinger

26136 - PRESSURES EXERTED BY ENDOBRONCHIAL DEVICES: IN-VITRO MODEL
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26136. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janet Martin, Daniel Bainbridge, and Davy Cheng

26209 - THE MAZE PROCEDURE AND OUTCOMES IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS, A METANALYSIS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26209. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Teague, Neal Badner, Georghios Nicolao, David Smith, and Guy DeRose

26210 - ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF AAA REPAIR : ENDOVASCULAR VS. STENT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26210. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda Harris, Jacek Karski, George Djaiani, Wei Xu, and Ludwik Fedorko

26234 - EARLY OUTCOMES OF CARDIAC SURGERY IN OCTOGENARIANS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26234. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danny Chen and Ban Tsui

26355 - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF EPIDURALS POST-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26355. [Full Text] [PDF]  

André Y. Denault, Jean Bussières, Michel Carrier, and Patrick Mathieu

26419 - IMPORTANCE OF DIFFICULT SEPARATION FROM CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26419. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan C. Bianco, André Y Denault, Pierre Couture, Baqir Qizilbash, and Michel Carrier

26430 - PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmen Kummer, Claude Laflamme, and Jenny Lam-mcculloch

26472 - IS HBA1C A MARKER FOR POOR OUTCOME AFTER CABG IN UNDIAGNOSED DIABETICS?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26472. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashraf Fayad and Labib Abouzahr

26480 - VALVE REPAIR IS FEASIBLE IN COMPLEX MITRAL PATHOLOGY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26480. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Johnson, Michale Solylo, and Patricia Cruchley

26484 - FACTOR VII USE IN CABG PATIENTS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26484. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 3: CVT Group 3

Claude Tousignant, Richard Bowry, and Andrew Miller

26016 - TRICUSPID ANNULAR VELOCITIES IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26016. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-lim Lee, Yong-lak Kim, Kwang-won Yeom, and Seun-zhoo Yoon

26056 - AORTIC KNOB; CAN BE A RELIABLE RADIOGRAPHIC LANDMARK FOR PLACEMENT OF INTRAORTIC BALLOON PUMP TIP?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26056. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claude Tousignant and Richard Bowry

26107 - RIGHT VENTRICULAR STRAIN AND STRAIN RATE: TEE VS TTE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26107. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacek Karski, Wei Xu, Ludwik Fedorko, Yuji Hirisaki, and George Djaiani

26239 - IMPLICATIONS OF PARAVALVULAR LEAKS AFTER VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26239. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Bowry and Claude Tousignant

26240 - COMPARISON OF TRICUSPID ANNULAR VELOCITIES USING TEE AND TTE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26240. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Djaiani, Mohamed Ali, Anna Woo, Michael Borger, and Ludwik Fedorko

26292 - EPIAORTIC SCANNING MODIFIES SURGICAL MANAGEMENT DURING CABG SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26292. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asim Alam, Michael Borger, and Murphy Murphy

26403 - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IS INSTRUMENTAL IN SECOND-ORDER CHORDAL CUTTING TO RELIEVE MITRAL LEAFLET TETHERING AND REDUCE MITRAL REGURGITATION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26403. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Paquet, Pierre Couture, Michel Carrier, Jean-Claude Tardif, and André Y Denault

26417 - CEREBRAL OXYGEN SATURATION AND LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26417. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre Couture, André Y Denault, Yanfen Shi, Michel Pellerin, and Jean-Claude Tardif

26431 - EFFECT OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA ON BIVENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

André Y. Denault, François Haddad, Pierre Couture, Michel Pellerin, and Jean-Claude Tardif

26433 - RIGHT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE IN VALVULAR SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26433. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 4: Critical Care Medicine & Equipment

Francois Meurant and Jean Pol Koch

24082 - ASSESSMENT OF SERUM PROLACTIN, SERUM LACTATE AND CONTINUOUS ELECTRO ENCEPHALOGRAM IN POST-TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 24082. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Loscovich, Sorina Grisaru-Granovsky, Moshe Hersch, Michael Schimmel, and Arnon Samueloff

25163 - VENTILATORY SUPPORT OF PREGNANT PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 25163. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Lund, McKay William, and Coquet Coquet

26221 - COMPARISON OF BIS^TM MONITOR AND ACTIGRAPH^TM DURING GENERAL ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26221. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole Assmann, David T Wong, and Eduardo Morales

26339 - COMPARISON OF INSERTION TIMES BETWEEN A NEW INDICATOR-GUIDED (IG) AND CONVENTIONAL WIRE-GUIDED (WG) CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonid Minkovich, Rita Katznelson, Gerry O’Leary, George Djaiani, and Scott Beattie

26372 - INCIDENCE OF PERIPHERAL CVP CATHETER MALPOSITION IN MANDIBLE RESECTION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26372. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terence Gilhuly, Alex Bouzane, Stephan Schwarz, Bernard MacLeod, and Guy Dumont

26401 - A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE ADVISORY SYSTEM (NMBAS)
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26401. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William Li Pi Shan, Roupen Hatzakorzian, Thomas Schricker, Steven Backman, and Alain Deschamps

26423 - HEART RATE VARIABILITY TO PREDICT POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26423. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre-Marc Chagnon, André Y Denault, Pierre Couture, Michel Carrier, and Jean-Claude Tardif

26432 - PREDICTION OF HEMODYNAMIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26432. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 5: Obstetrics Group 1

Alexander Ioscovich, Eric Goldszhmidt, Anjelika Fadeev, and Stephen Halpern

26200 - PERIPARTUM ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26200. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela Angle, Alex Kiss, Jennifer Yee, Stephen Halpern, and Yamini Murthy

26225 - THE NEW LABOR PAIN SCALE (LPS):DESCRIPTION & PROPERTIES
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26225. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristian Arzola, Jose CA Carvalho, Cristian Arzola, Sharon Davies, and Ayman Rofaeel

26289 - ULTRASOUND TRANSVERSE APPROACH IS RELIABLE FOR LABOR EPIDURALS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26289. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristian Arzola, Cristian Arzola, Sharon Davies, Ayman Rofaeel, and Jose CA Carvalho

26291 - ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES AND LUMBAR DURAL SAC WIDTH USING ULTRASOUND
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26291. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristian Arzola, Cristian Arzola, Mrinalini Balki, and Jose Carvalho

26295 - LUMBAR DURAL SAC WIDTH BY ULTRASOUND AND SENSORY LEVELS UNDER SPINAL
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26295. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mrinalini Balki, Shilpa Kasodekar, Sudhir Dhumne, and Jose Carvalho

26331 - GRANISETRON DOES NOT PREVENT NAUSEA AND VOMITING DURING C-SECTION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26331. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert MacNeil, Greg Bryson, Leo Jeyaraj, and Ola Rosaeg

26337 - MINI-DOSE SPINAL BUPIVACAINE FOR CASEAREAN SECTION.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26337. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cecilia E. Ocampo, Yvonne Lim, Wendy Teoh, and Alex T Sia

26340 - A PROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR LABOR
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26340. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Jones, Marcus Peck, Shanmugasundara Gowrie, and Mohammed Cassim

26343 - POST DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26343. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mrinalini Balki, Shilpa Kasodekar, Sudhir Dhumne, Paul Bernstein, and Jose Carvalho

26346 - PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA WITH REMIFENTANIL FOR LABOR PAIN
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26346. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farnad Imani, Valiollah Hassani, Zahra Taghipour, and Faranak Rokhtabnak

26351 - EVALUATION OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL EFFECTS OF ADDING TRAMADOL TO LIDOCAINE IN EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN SECTION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26351. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monday June 19:

Residents' Research Competition

Michael McMullen, Linda Girling, M Ruth Graham, and W Alan Mutch

26236 - BIOLOGICALLY VARIABLE VENTILATION IMPROVES OXYGENATION AND RESPIRATORY MECHANICS IN A PORCINE MODEL OF ONE-LUNG VENTILATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26236. [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Thiboutot, Pierre C Nicole, Claude A Delalaitue, and Martin R Lessard

26290 - MANUAL IN-LINE STABILIZATION INCREASES THE INTUBATION FAILURE RATE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26290. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arnaud Robitaille, Marie-Hélène Tremblay, Pierre Drolet, Stephan Williams, and Mélanie Thériault

26316 - CERVICAL SPINE MOVEMENT WITH DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY AND THE GLIDESCOPE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26316. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Knezevich and Ban Tsui

26377 - A COMPRESSED AIR TECHNIQUE FOR MONITORING BLOCK INJECTION PRESSURES
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26377. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy Welke, Viren Naik, Georges Savoldelli, Hwan Joo, and Vicki LeBlanc

26397 - MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION FOR TEACHING CRISIS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26397. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Darby, Francoise Briet, Alana Harrington, Gregory Hare, and David Mazer

26477 - EFFECT OF CPB ON RAT RENAL GENE EXPRESSION AND BLOOD FLOW
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26477. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Knill Research Competition:

Kimmo Murto, Uwe Schwarz, Greg Bryson, David Moher, and Khaled El-Emam

26364 - A SURVEY: TECHNOLOGY IN A PEDIATR1C DAY CARE SETTING
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26364. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mauro Arrica, Mark Crawford, Christopher MacGowan, and Shi-Joon Yoo

26422 - DOSE-RELATED EFFECT OF SEVOFLURANE ON AIRWAY SIZE AND CONFIGURATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26422. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dermot Doherty, Ryan Salewski, Julia Lockwood, Cynthia Hawkins, and Jamie Hutchison

26428 - THE NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF ANTI-CD18 THERAPY AFTER TRANSIENT GLOBAL ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE MOUSE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Duminda Wijeysundera, W Scott Beattie, Vivek Rao, Christopher Chan, and John Granton

26453 - NCETYLCYSTEINE FOR REDUCING RENAL INJURY IN CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26453. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongbo Yuan

26466 - ELIMINATION OF PREOPERATTIVE TESTING IN AMBULATORY SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26466. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cecilia E. Ocampo, Alex T Sia, and Yvonne Lim

26518 - COMPARISON OF PATIENT CONTROLLED EPIDURAL ANALGESIA WITH AUTOMATED SYNCHRONIZED INTERMITTENT MANDATORY BOLUSES FOR LABOR ANALGESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26518. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 6: Economics/Health & Ambulatory

Sandra Lesage, Pierre Drolet, Sébastien Racine, Louis-Philippe Fortier, and Daniel Audy

26146 - FENTANYL-MIDAZOLAM PREMEDICATION IMPROVES SEVOFLURANE INDUCTION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerome O’Hara, Ryan Hedgepeth, and James Ulchak

26229 - HYPONATREMIA ABSORPTION SYNDROME IS NOT OBSERVED WITH PHOTO SELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26229. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Lim Lee, Kwang-Won Yeom, Yong-Lak Kim, and Seung-Zhoo Yoon

26335 - THE EFFECT OF INCREASED BLOCK TIMES OF OPERATING ROOM ON CANCELLATION OF SURGERY.: CAN IT PREVENT THE DAY-OF-SURGERY CANCELLATION?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26335. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole Assmann, Sazzadul Islam, and Frances Chung

26348 - OUTCOME AFTER GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR AMBULATORY SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26348. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johannes Wacker, Duminda Wijeysundera, Keyvan Karkouti, and Scott Beattie

26452 - WITHDRAWAL OF BETA BLOCKERS AND THE RISKS OF PERI-OPERATIVE MI
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26452. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dale Engen, Robert Tanzola, Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof, Lorraine Osborne, and Louie Wang

26458 - INTRODUCTION OF AN ANESTHESIA ASSISTANT INCREASED THE EFFICIENCY OF AN OPERATING ROOM
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26458. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summer Syed, Tomas Vanhelder, and Duminda Wijeysundera

26465 - DOES STAGING BILATERAL KNEE SURGERY DECREASE CARDIAC MORBIDITY?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26465. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naveed Siddiqui, James Teresi, Cristain Arzola, and Gordon Fox

26470 - HYPOXEMIA ON ARRIVAL TO PACU: AN OBSERVATIONAL AUDIT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26470. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriaan Van Rensburg, Keyvan Karkouti, Duminda, Massimiliano Meineri, and Scott Beattie

26475 - WITHDRAWAL OF ASPIRIN INCREASES THE RISK OF PERI-OPERATIVE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26475. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 7: Education & Patient Safety

Zeev Friedman, Rita Katznelson, Isabel Devito, Naveed Siddiqui, and Vincent Chan

23240 - A VIDEO ASSISTED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTS’ SKILL IN EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 23240. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Tessler, Athanasios Tsiodras, Nassif Mechaalani, Kenneth J Kardash, and Ian Shrier

25168 - DO AS I SAY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 25168. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela Morgan, Richard Pittini, Glenn Regehr, Carol Marrs, and Michele Haley

25919 - EVALUATING TEAMWORK IN A SIMULATED OBSTETRICAL ENVIRONMENT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 25919. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Viren N. Naik, Georges L Savoldelli, Hwan S Joo, Peta G Lorraway, and Deven B Chandra

26035 - MANAGEMENT OF SIMULATED OXYGEN SUPPLY FAILURE: IS THERE A GAP IN CURRICULUM?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26035. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerome O’Hara, Bierer Beth, Mariana Hewson, Stevens Sara, and Armin Schubert

26297 - THE IMPACT OF A FORMAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN AN ANESTHESIOLOGY ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26297. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela Morgan, Doreen Cleave-Hogg, Susan Desousa, and Michele Haley

26303 - STUDENT OPINIONS OF PART TASK AND HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION EDUCATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26303. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela Morgan, Jenny Lam-McCulloch, Jodi Herold, and Jordan Tarshis

26349 - SIMULATION PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST GENERATION USING THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26349. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Lund, Shannon Gelb, and George Pylypchuk

26437 - PRESENCE OF WHITE-COAT EFFECT IN THE PRENESTHETIC CARE UNIT
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26437. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeff Granton, Claudio Martin, Frank Min, Mohit Bhutani, and Ron Butler

26450 - TAKING AIM WITH THE TRIGGER TOOL: APPLICATION IN TARGETED POPULATIONS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26450. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 8: Blood Conservation

Roanda Pretorius

26231 - MAJOR OUTCOMES FOLLOWING HIGH RISK CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26231. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel O’Farrell, Mohammed Ghannam, McCluskey McCluskey, Scott Beattie, and Keyvan Karkouti

26342 - OXYGEN EXTRACTION RATIO (OER) AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26342. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimiliano Meineri, Marcin Wasowicz, Adriaan Meineri, Scott Beattie, and Keyvan Karkouti

26370 - IMPACT OF A TREATMENT PROTOCOL FOR EXCESSIVE BLOOD LOSS IN CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26370. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wasowicz Marcin, Massimiliano Meineri, Duminda Wijeysundera, Stuart McCluskey, and Keyvan Kartkouti

26375 - DETERMINANT OF COMPLICATIONS WITH FACTOR VIIA THERAPY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26375. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Wong, El-Beheiry Hossam, Yogendran Suntheralingam, Raja Rampersaud, and Frances Chung

26385 - TRANEXAMIC ACID REDUCES BLOOD LOSS AND TRANSFUSION IN ADULT PATIENTS HAVING SPINAL FUSION SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26385. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nadine Shehata, Kumanan Wilson, CDavid Mazer, George Tomlinson, and Streiner David

26429 - FACTORS AFFECTING PERIOPERATIVE TRANSFUSION DECISIONS FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS PATIENTS: A NATIONAL SURVEY.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel O’Farrell, Duminda Wijeysundera, Keyvan, and Scott Beattie

26456 - PERIOPERATIVE TRANSFUSION INCREASES MORTALITY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26456. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keyvan Karkouti, Davy Cheng, Sylvain Belisle, Mitch Giffin, and Janet Martin

26460 - COLLOIDS USE IN THE PERIOPERATIVE SETTING: A CANADIAN REVIEW
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26460. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huan Zhang, Stuart McCluskey, Keyvan Karkouti, David Grant, and David Bevan

26463 - BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN LIVE AND DECEASED DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26463. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 9: Neuroanesthesia

Suwimon Tangwiwat, Pirjo Manninen, and Karolinah

25944 - POSTPROCEDURE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 25944. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ki Jinn Chin, Shin Yi Ng, and Tong Kiat Kwek

26098 - THIOPENTONE BARBITURATE COMA: A REVIEW OF OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26098. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Mak, Hossam El-Beheiry, and M Christopher Wallace

26254 - MORTALITY PREDICTORS IN RUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Audy, Pierre Drolet, and Michel Cadieux

26309 - COMBINED REGIONAL/ GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR CAROTID SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26309. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vidya Chidambaran, Ramasamy Govindarajan, Biswajit Ghosh, Maged Seif, and Lucio Flores

26362 - HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY FOLLOWING STAGED BILATERAL CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26362. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anya McLaren, C David Mazer, Duncan Stewart, and Gregory Hare

26367 - ANEMIA INCREAES HIF-1ALPHA PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26367. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Albert Tsui, Philip Marsden, C David Mazer, Andrew Baker, and Gregory Hare

26368 - HEMODILUTIONAL ANEMIA INCREASES NNOS IMMUNOPOSITIVE CEREBRAL CORTICAL CELLS IN RATS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26368. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suwimon Tangwiwat, Pirjo Manninen, and Karolinah Lukitto

26371 - USE OF INDUCED HYPOTENSION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26371. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karolinah Lukitto, Atul Prabhu, Lakshmikumar Venkatraghavan, Daniel Wong, and Michael Tymianski

26388 - PROPHYLACTIC ANTIEMETICS AND INCIDENCE OF PONV IN MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSIVE SURGERY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26388. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tuesday June 20:

Poster Discussion 10: Acute Pain Management

Mahmood Akhlaghi, Mohammad Rajaei, Hosein Madineh, and Ramin Habibi

24998 - THE EFFECT OF INTRAMUSCULAR MIDAZOLAM ON PAIN RELATED POSTOPERATIVE HERNIORRAPHY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 24998. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zeev Friedman, Jing Qin, and Rita Qin

26010 - POST-OPERATIVE DELIRIUM MONITORING BY THE ACUTE PAIN SERVICES
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26010. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuan-Shiou Huang, Ching-Tang Wu, Liu-Chi, Billy Huh, and Chih-Shung Wong

26224 - EPIDURAL CLONIDINE FOR TKA POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA - A DOSE FINDING STUDY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26224. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel Katz, Roger Schmid, Gerald O’Leary, Vincent Chan, and Eileen Halket

26338 - POSTOP PAIN & MORPHINE ARE REDUCED BY PERIOPERATIVE MULTIMODAL ANALGESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26338. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valiollah Hassani, Farnad Imani, Mohamad Farhadi, and Azin Mirsadraei

26408 - COMPARISON OF DEPTH OF ANESTHESIA BETWEEN PARACETAMOL AND REMIFENTANIL IN ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY BY BIS MONITORING
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26408. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emile Salhab, Stephane Deschamps, Pierre Mathieu, and Thomas Hemmerling

26410 - THE ‘ANALGOSCORE’: A NEW SCORE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE PAIN USED FOR FEEDBACK ADMINISTRATION OF REMIFENTANIL
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26410. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Buis, Lorenzo Cohen, and Joel Katz

26459 - LOCKED OUT AND STILL KNOCKING: PREDICTORS OF EXCESSIVE PCA USE.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26459. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheila Gallinger, Sheila Gallinger, Julie Kim, Dianne Pletz, and Patricia Cruchley

26462 - MULTIMODAL PAIN MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING CABG
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26462. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Young Ju, Mary Chiu, and Beverley Orser

26468 - NOVEL EXTRASYNAPTIC GABAA RECEPTOR POPULATIONS IN MURINE SPINAL CORD
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26468. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 11: Regional Anesthesia

Francois Meurant, Emilie Colling, Jo Welter, Jean Pol Koch, and Michel Merle

24137 - EFFECTS OF CLONIDINE, TRAMADOL AND S(+)-KETAMINE AS ADJUVANTS IN BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANAESTHESIA USING ROPIVACAINE VERSUS LEVOBUPIVACAINE.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 24137. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shalini Dhir and Sugantha Ganapathy

26090 - ULTRASOUND LOCALIZATION IMPROVES PRIMARY SUCCESS AND REDUCES SECONDARY CATHETER FAILURE IN CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26090. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farnad Imani, Valiollah Hassani, Saeid-Reza Entezary, Mohamad Razi, and Behzad Sadri

26168 - COMPARISON OF INTRAARTICULAR 0.5% BUPIVACAINE AND MEPERIDINE AT THE END OF ARTHROSCOPY ON POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26168. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence Lou and Ban Tsui

26301 - LEARNING CURVES FOR ULTRASOUND-GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26301. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farnad Imani, Valiollah Hassan, Behzad Sadri, and Mahmoud-Reza Alebouyeh

26353 - EVALUATION OF ADDING TRAMADOL TO LIDOCAINE IN CONTINUOUS SUPRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL BLOCK
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26353. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Letal, Mitch Hochman, and William McKay

26445 - CLINICAL VS RADIOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE INTERCRESTAL LINE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26445. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anwar Morgan, Jennifer Yee, Stephen Halpern, Jean Kronberg, and Sabrina Lee

26469 - ILIOINGUINAL NERVE BLOCK VS SALINE FOR POST-LAPAROSCOPY PAIN
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 12: Airway Management

Paul M. Wieczorek, Thomas Schricker, Bernard Vinet, and Steven B Backman

26276 - LIDOCAINE AIRWAY TOPICALIZATION IN THE MORBIDLY OBESE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26276. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Mandato, Paul Audu, Colleen Vernick, Greg Artz, and Rammy Alam

26306 - COMPARING THE GLIDESCOPE (GL) WITH MACINTOSH LARYNGOSCOPE (MAC) FOR INTUBATING PATIENTS WITH A SIMULATED DIFFICULT AIRWAY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26306. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmen Kummer, Fernando Spencer Netto, Sandro Rizoli, and Doreen Yee

26307 - AIRWAYS AND VENTILATION IN TRAUMATIC AIRWAY INJURY PATIENTS: DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26307. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Hélène Tremblay, Arnaud Robitaille, Stephan Williams, and Pierre Drolet

26312 - FACTORS INFLUENCING THE VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE’S PERFORMANCE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26312. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hock Tan, Pieter Swart, Pamela Lennox, and Himat Vaghadia

26391 - SEDATION FREE AWAKE FIBREOPTIC INTUBATION USING ATOMISED 1% COCAINE AND 3% LIDOCAINE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26391. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Murdoch, Bethann Meunier, Lindsey Patters, Brian Simchison, and Jorge Zamora

26399 - THE EFFECTS OF A PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A SIMULATED ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26399. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zahid Hussain Khan and Mostafa Mohamma

26404 - A COMPARISON OF THE UPPER LIP BITE TEST WITH STERNOMENTAL, THYROMENTAL AND INTER-INCISOR DISTANCEES IN PREDICTING DIFFICULTY IN INTUBATION IN IMAM KHOMEINI HOS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26404. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gurpreet Singh, Parshotam lal Gautam, Dr Tej K Kaul, and Dr Neeru Luthra

26409 - PREDICTION OF DIFFICULT MASK VENTILATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26409. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parshotam Lal Gautam, Tej K Kaul, and Kamna Bansal

26416 - EFFECT OF BEVEL POSITION IN FIBREOPTIC BRONCHOSCOPE ASSISTED OROTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26416. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Angeles, Jenny Lam-McCulloch, and Arsenio Avila

26455 - ASSESSMENT OF A NEW TECHNIQUE OF GLIDESCOPE INTUBATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26455. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quoc Nguyen and Kevin Armstrong

26464 - COMPARISON OF THE BONFILS FIBRESCOPE AND BULLARD LARYNGOSCOPE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26464. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 13: Obstetrics Group 2

Sudhir Dhumne, Shilpa Kasodekar, Michael Moore, Mrinalini Balki, and Jose Carvalho

26344 - IMMEDIATE POST-PARTUM BLOOD TRANSFUSION : A CHART REVIEW
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26344. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kylie King, Joanne Douglas, Waldemar Unger, and Areta Wong

26363 - 5U BOLUS OXYTOCIN AT C/SECTION IN WOMEN AT RISK OF ATONY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26363. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arivan Govindarajan, Robina Akhtar, and Karthik Sabapathi

26392 - PLACENTA PREVIA : A 3 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26392. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 14: Pediatrics

Soochang Son

24742 - COMPARISON OF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE AND LMA ON RESPIRATORY MECHANICS DURING THE INDUCTION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN CHILDREN
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 24742. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel Barker, J Mark Ansermino, Andrew Campbell, and Richard Lee

26208 - THE TIMING OF EXTUBATION IN SECUNDUM-TYPE ASD REPAIRS IN CHILDREN
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26208. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim Abu-Shahwan, Khalid Chowdary, Uwe Schwarz, Kimmo Murto, and William Splinter

26298 - THE EFFECT OF SUBHYPNOTIC DOSES OF PROPOFOL ON THE INCIDENCE OF VOMITING IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING STRABISMUS REPAIR.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26298. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim Abu-Shahwan

26300 - KETAMINE AND THE INCIDENCE OF EMERGENCE AGITATION IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING DENTAL REPAIR.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerie Milot-Roy, Amari Erica, and Ansermino Ansermino

26448 - MEASURING OUTCOME AFTER PEDIATRIC DAY CASE ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26448. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Hayes, Mauro Arrica, Alejandra Lopez, James Robertson, and Mark Crawford

26449 - MINIMUM EFFECTIVE DOSE OF REMIFENTANIL FOR PEDIATRIC LUMBAR PUNCTURE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26449. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 15: Pharmacology

Jingxin Li, Nina Zhang, Bin, Qinhua Wang, and Wei-Yang Lu

26166 - NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS INCREASE INSULIN RELEASE FROM BETA-CELLS BY INHIBITING ATP-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26166. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei-Yang Lu, Yun-Yan Xiang, William Ju, Mingyao Liu, and Beverley Orser

26167 - A-TYPE GAMMAMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR (GABAAR) AND GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE (GAD) IN TYPE II PNEUMOCYTES
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26167. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naila Asad, Khawar Ali, Abdul Qayyum, and Mazhar Iqbal

26192 - EFFECT OF NALBUPHINE AND MIDAZOLAM ON HAEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE TO INTUBATION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26192. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Eng, Robert Bonin, John Macdonald, and Beverley Orser

26317 - A TONIC INHIBITORY CONDUCTANCE IN MURINE SPINAL NEURONS: A NOVEL SITE FOR ANESTHETICS?
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26317. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Faranak Rokhabnak, Ali-reza Kholdebarin, and Parviz Chabok

26356 - COMPARSION OF KETAMINELFENTANIL AND KETAMINE-MIDAZOLAM ON STABILITY OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE DURING INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26356. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita Katznelson, Leonid Minkovich, Scott Beattie, Ludwik Fedorko, and Joseph Fisher

26357 - ISOCAPNIC HYPERPNOEA AND RECOVERY TIME AFTER ANESTHESIA WITH SEVOFLURANE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26357. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Faranak Rokhtabnak and Ali-Reza Pournajafian

26358 - COMPARSION OF EFFECT OF EPHEDRINE AND LIDOCAINE ON PAIN DURING INJECTION OF PROPOFOL
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26358. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Loren Martin, Bonnin Robbert, Oh Bonin, and Orser Beverley

26384 - ALPHA5-GABARS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR MEMORY IMPAIRMENT BY ETHANOL IN MICE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26384. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingping Ouyang

26402 - TRIIODO-THYRONINE REVERSES ANGIOTENSIN INDUCED CARDIOMYOCYTE B-MHC EXPRESSION
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26402. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Decarie, Nhien Le, Stephane Deschamps, and Thomas Hemmerling

26411 - THE DURATION OF PROPOFOL APPLICATION BEFORE MIVACURIUM DETERMINES ITS POTENCY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26411. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Danic, Morris Brown, Cheryl Mordis, Steadman Sankey, and Thomas Rodziewicz

26457 - COMPARISON OF TWO INTRAVENOUS LIDOCAINE-PROPOFOL REGIMENS ON INJECTION RELATED PAIN
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26457. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beverley Orser, Beverley Orser, Loren Martin, Victor Cheng, and John MacDonald

26485 - THE AMNESTIC AND SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC PROPERTIES OF ETOMIDATE IN MICE CAN BE DISSOCIATED BASED ON GABA(A) RECEPTOR SUBTYPE PHARMACOLOGY.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26485. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poster Discussion 16: Chronic Pain Management

Lamia Ben Othmen

26238 - RESPIRATORY EFFECT OF MORPHINE ADMINISTERED IN THE EPIDURAL SPACE : ROLE OF ULTRA-LOW-DOSE OF NALOXONE
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26238. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony M.H. Ho, Paul Coplan, Anna Lee, Gavin M Joynt, and Manoj K Karmakar

26394 - COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINATION IN OLDER ADULTS
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26394. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ayman Rofaeel, Philip Peng, Ihab Louis, and Lilian Iskander

26398 - QT INTERVAL AND T WAVE DISPERSION ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC METHADONE THERAPY
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26398. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Won Hyung Lee and Young Ho Lee

26406 - REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) SCAVENGER EXHIBITS ANTINOCICEPTIVE PROPERTIES IN THE RAT (SPRAGUE-DAWLEY) FORMALIN TEST.
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26406. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel Katz, Maria Dzyuba, Eileen Halket, Andrea Martin, and Gordon GJ Asmundson

26454 - PREOP EMOTIONAL NUMBING PREDICTS IMPROVEMENT IN PAIN DISABILITY 6 MO LATER
Can J Anesth 2006 53: 26454. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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