Editorials:

Dominique Chassard, Frédéric Duflo, Lionel Bouvet, and Emmanuel Boselli

Chronobiology of postoperative pain: it’s time to wake up!/Chronobiologie de la douleur postopératoire: il est temps de se réveiller !
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 685-688. [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Donati

Sugammadex: an opportunity for more thinking or more cookbook medicine?/Le sugammadex: une occasion de réfléchir ou de suivre la recette?
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 689-695. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reports of Original Investigations:

Rya Boscariol, Ian Gilron, and Elizabeth Orr

Chronobiological characteristics of postoperative pain: diurnal variation of both static and dynamic pain and effects of analgesic therapy: [Caractéristiques chronobiologiques de la douleur postopératoire : variation diurne des douleurs statique et dynamique, et effets de la thérapie antalgique]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 696-704. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elise Y.W. Wong, Herenia P. Lawrence, and David T. Wong

The effects of prophylactic coronary revascularization or medical management on patient outcomes after noncardiac surgery - a meta-analysis: [Les effets de la revascularisation coronarienne prophylactique ou de la prise en charge médicale sur le devenir des patients après une chirurgie non-cardiaque : une méta-analyse]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 705-717. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF] Additional Material  

Dominique Piquette, Alain Deschamps, Sylvain Bélisle, Michel Pellerin, Sylvie Levesque, Jean-Claude Tardif, and André Y. Denault

Effect of intravenous nitroglycerin on cerebral saturation in high-risk cardiac surgery: [L’effet de la nitroglycérine intraveineuse sur la saturation cérébrale dans les chirurgies cardiaques à haut risque]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 718-727. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tasnim Sinuff, Kevin W. Eva, Maureen Meade, Peter Dodek, Daren Heyland, and Deborah Cook

Clinical practice guidelines in the intensive care unit: a survey of Canadian clinicians’ attitudes: [Guide de pratique clinique dans les unités de soins intensifs : un sondage sur les attitudes des cliniciens canadiens]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 728-736. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Novick, Stephanie A. Fox, Larry W. Stitt, Ron Butler, Mary Kroh, Christina Hurlock-Chorostecki, Chris Harris, and Davy C.H. Cheng

Impact of the opening of a specialized cardiac surgery recovery unit on postoperative outcomes in an academic health sciences centre: [Impact de l’ouverture d’une unité spécialisée de rétablissement après chirurgie cardiaque sur les devenirs postopératoires dans un centre de santé universitaire]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 737-743. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports/Case Series:

Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Ghassan Kanazi, and Anis S. Baraka

Noninvasive bilevel positive airway pressure for preoxygenation of the critically ill morbidly obese patient: [La ventilation en pression positive non invasive à bi-niveau pour la préoxygénation des obèses morbides sévèrement malades]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 744-747. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence-Based Clinical Update:

David T. Neilipovitz and Edward T. Crosby

No evidence for decreased incidence of aspiration after rapid sequence induction: [Aucune donnée probante concernant l’incidence réduite d’inhalation après l’induction en séquence rapide]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 748-764. [Abstract] [Résumé] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Best Evidence in Critical Care Medicine:

Mark A. Ewanchuk and Michael J. Jacka

Steroids in fibroproliferative acute respiratory distress syndrome: approach with care
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 765-766. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Images in Anesthesia:

Shikha Sejwal, Monica Tandon, Pragati Ganjoo, and Ajay Sharma

Pneumomediastinum due to hypopharyngeal injury during orotracheal intubation
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 767. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Pascale Dewachter and Claudie Mouton-Faivre

Patients who experience a perioperative anaphylactic reaction should not be skin-tested too early
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 768-769. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth C. Cummings, III

REPLY
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 769. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan Baxter

Evaluating effectiveness of medical emergency teams
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 769-770. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter G. Brindley

REPLY
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 770. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos L. Errando

À propos de l’utilisation du propofol pour la mobilisation des patients atteints de fracture de la hanche [Propofol to facilitate mobilization of patients with a hip fracture]
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 771. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent Minville and Aline Colombani

RÉPONSE
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 771-772. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena J. Holak, John P. Scott, and Paul S. Pagel

Electroconvulsive therapy-induced asystole: occurrence after 39 previous uneventful treatments
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 772-773. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akihiro Suzuki, Takayuki Kunisawa, and Hiroshi Iwasaki

Pentax-AWS® and tube selection
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 773-774. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Hirabayashi

In-line head and neck positioning facilitates tracheal intubation with the Airway Scope
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 774. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuko Sasano, Hiroki Yamauchi, and Yoshihito Fujita

Failure of the Airway Scope to reach the larynx
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 774-775. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Billing John, Puspha Linga-Nathan, and Cyprian Mendonca

Tracheal intubation through a single use laryngeal mask airway using a guidewire technique
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 775-776. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book & New Media Reviews:

Severine Lauwick and Franco Carli

Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Anesthesia: Chandra M. Kumar, Mark Bellamy. Informa Healthcare USA, Inc, New York. 2007, 427 pages. ISBN 0-8493-4073-X
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 777. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerald V. Goresky

Written in Granite: An Illustrated History of the Ether Monument: Rafael A. Ortega. Plexus Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, 2006. $100 or more to www.ethermonument.org. 71 pages. ISBN 0-87270-142-5
Can J Anesth 2007 54: 777-778. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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