Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

The laryngeal mask airway in anticipated difficult airways

Michael T. Beriault, J. Roger Maltby

The preoperative assessment: who is responsible?

John B. Kitts

Limits of laryngeal mask airway in patients after cervical or oral radiotherapy

O. Giraud, J. L. Bourgain, P. Marandas, V. Billard

Laryngeal mask airway facilitated fibreoptic bronchoscopy in infants

Hari P. R. Bandla, Donald E. Smith, Michael P. Kiernan

Intravenous fentanyl PCA during labour

Eeva M. Nikkola, Ulla U. Ekblad, Pentti O. Kero, Jukka J. M. Alihanka, Markku A. O. Salonen

Association of mortality with age of blood transfused in septic ICU patients

F. Robert Purdy, Martin G. Tweeddale, Pamela M. Merrick

Rocuronium prevents succinylcholine-induced fasciculations

C. Motamed, R. Choquette, F. Donati

Cigarette smoking does not affect thiopentone pharmacodynamic or pharmacokinetic behaviour

Helena Teiriä, Arvi Yli-Hankala, Pertti J. Neuvonen, Klaus T. Olkkola

Latex anaphylaxis during tissue expander insertion in a healthy child

Maria Markakis Zestos, Robert Creighton

Labour pain management in a parturient with an implanted intrathecal pump

Jordan Tarshis, James E. Zuckerman, Nathaniel P. Katz, Scott Segal, Phillip S. Mushlin

Anaesthesia for tracheal resection: report of 17 cases

Lennart Magnusson, Florian J. W. Lang, Philippe Monnier, Patrick Ravussin

Bradycardia produced by pyridostigmine and physostigmine

Reuben D. Stein, Steven B. Backman, Brian Collier, Canio Polosa

Relationship of fat embolism to haemodynamic and echocardiographic changes during cemented arthroplasty

Patricia Murphy, Gerald Edelist, Robert J. Byrick, J. Colin Kay, J. Brendan Mullen

Suppression of cyclic guanosine monophosphate formation in rat cerebellar slices by propofol, ketamine and midazolam

Ikuko Miyawaki, Kumi Nakamura, Bencharatana Yokubol, Rie Kitamura, Kenjiro Mori

Perphenazine decreases vomiting by children after tonsillectomy

William M. Splinter, David J. Roberts

A model of community based, preadmission management for elective surgical patients

William Shearer, John Monagle, Morad Michaels

Preoperative autologous donation of 6 units of blood during rh-EPO treatment

Jan Milbrink, Gunnar Birgegård, Antero Danersund, Claes Helmers, Lars Nordström, Bo Sandhagen

Specific risk factors of spinal epidural haematoma

W. J. Russell

Reply

Hinnerk Wulf

Combined epidural/general anaesthesia and postoperative outcome

Philip R. Bromage

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R. L. Garnett

Combined spinal/epidural in neonates and children

Joseph D. Tobias

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J. Christian Abajian, Robert K. Williams

Is intrathecal midazolam safe?

Jean -Marc Malinovsky

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M. Bahar, M. Cohen, Y. Grinshpon, M. Chanimov

Protamine and its cardiovascular effects

A. J. Olufolabi

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S. B. Backman, I. Gilron, R. Robbins

Falsely reassuring pulse oximetry in the presence of severe bypoxia

Connail McCrory, Margaret Ryan, Patrick Doherty

Book reviews

Douglas B. Craig, Ian Adatia, Simon Abrahamson

Classified advertising and meetings

Specialist registrar

Clinical and academic anaesthetists required

McGill University Health Centre clinical fellowships

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation full-time staff opportunity

Mcgill University Health Centre faculty recruitment

Plan Ahead International Symposium in Perioperative Medicine: “Controversies in Anaesthesia, Surgery & Obstetrics” in Burgundy, France September 6–11 1998 Beaune, Burgundy, France

7th Annual Whistler Winter Anaesthesia Refresher Course & Review February 28 – March 6,1998 Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Department of Anaesthesia The Montreal General Hospital

Winterlude ’98 Anaesthesia Symposium — University of Ottawa Clinical Perspectives: The Practice and the Practical Chateau Laurier Hotel Saturday, February 21,1998

The University of Western Ontario fellowships available