Classics revisited: key articles from the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 1954-2013

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The Canadian Journal of Anesthesia (the Journal) has a long and rich history beginning with the first issue of its legacy, Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, published in July, 1954. In 1987, the name of the Journal was changed to the Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia/Journal canadien d’anesthésie) to reflect the fact that the scope and readership of the Journal, though still an important outward representation of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS), were becoming increasingly international. The first issue included summaries of presentations at the annual and regional meetings of the CAS held in 1954. The founding Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Roderick Gordon, wrote the following in the first published editorial: “This journal will provide a suitable Canadian medium for the presentations of original work by Canadian anaesthetists and a means of communicating our news and views to our Canadian colleagues, and to others who may take some interest in them. Given the continued support of the anaesthetists of Canada, our new publication should maintain the standard of excellence set by its two predecessors [the News Letter of the Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society and the Proceedings of the Society].”1 Former Editors-in-Chief, Dr. R.A. Gordon, Dr. D.B. Craig, and Dr. D.R. Bevan captured the history and origins of the first half century of the Journal in a special article entitled The Society’s Journal from: “Watching Closely Those Who Sleep: A History of the Canadian Anaesthesiologists’ Society 1943-93”.2 Developments during the past nine years (2005-13) are summarized in a recent editorial.3 …