Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

Foreword / avant-propos

Jean-François Hardy

Fat embolism and postoperative coagulopathy

Robert J. Byrick

Fast-tracking in ambulatory anesthesia

Dajun Song, Frances Chung

Fat embolization and fatal cardiac arrest during hip arthroplasty with methylmethacrylate

Katherine M. Fallon, John G. Fuller, Patricia Morley-Forster

A pilot study of recovery room bypass (“fast-track protocol”) in a community hospital

Peter G. Duncan, John Shandro, Richard Bachand Pharma, Laurie Ainsworth

A survey of professional satisfaction among Canadian anesthesiologists

Kathryn Jenkins, David Wong

Sevoflurane with remifentanil allows rapid tracheal intubation without neuromuscular blocking agents

Hwan S. Joo, William J. Perks, Susan E. Belo

Xenon inhalation increases norepinephrine release from the anterior and posterior hypothalamus in rats

Hitoshi Yoshida, Tetsuya Kushikata, Takeshi Kubota, Kazuyoshi Hirota, Hironori Ishihara, Akitomo Matsuki

Blocks at the wrist provide effective anesthesia for carpal tunnel release

Laurent Delaunay, Jacques E. Chelly

Preoperative diclofenac is a useful adjunct to spinal anesthesia for day-case varicose vein repair

Pekka Rautoma, Ulla Santanen, Harri Luurila, Vesa Perhoniemi, Olli Erkola

A rat model of postthoracotomy pain: behavioural and spinal cord NK-1 receptor assessment

Takeshi Nara, Shigeru Saito, Hideaki Obata, Fumio Goto

Low dose intrathecal ropivacaine with or without sufentanil provides effective analgesia and does not impair motor strength during labour: a pilot study

Anil K. Soni, Carolyn G. Miller, Stephen D. Pratt, Philip E. Hess, Nancy E. Oriol, Mukesh C. Sarna

Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for Cesarean section in a patient with peripartum dilated cardiomyopathy

Roman Shnaider, Tiberiu Ezri, Peter Szmuk, Stephen Larson, R. David Warters, Jeffrey Katz

Airway obstruction in a child with asymptomatic tracheobronchomalacia

Takashi Asai, Koh Shingu

Confirmation of internal jugular guide wire position utilizing transesophageal echocardiography

Corey Sawchuk, Ashraf Fayad

Video-intuboscopic assistance is a useful aid to tracheal intubation in pediatric patients

Markus Weiss, Kirsten Hartmann, Joachim Fischer, Andreas C. Gerber

Loss of the airway during tracheostomy: rescue oxygenation and re-establishment of the airway

Glenn McGuire, Hossam El-Beheiry, Dale Brown

Low frequency jet ventilation for stent insertion in a patient with tracheal stenosis

Anis S. Baraka, Sahar S. Siddik, Samar K. Taha, Maya I. Jalbout, Faraj M. Massouh

Capnography confirms correct feeding tube placement in intensive care unit patients

A. Shawn Kindopp, John W. Drover, Daren K. Heyland

New Media

D. John Doyle

Wrist actigraphy in anesthesia

Avi A. Weinbroom, Ron Ben-Abraham, Jacob Zomer

Syringe contamination by propofol: a possible mechanism

Amitabh Dutta, S. K. Malhotra

Opening an ampoule? Start from a scratch

Wasimul Huda, Rashid M. Khan

Effectiveness of transnasal jet ventilation — a teaching aid

James R. Boyce

A new setup for emergency transtracheal jet ventilation

A. Shawn Kindopp, Vinod K. Nair

Central venous catheters for craniotomies

Gregory Allen

Reply

David P. Archer, Michael P. Pash, M. Elizabeth MacRae

Intraoperative problem during surgery for Chiari malformation

Gordon R. Sellery

An aid to correct positioning of the ProSeal laryngeal mask

Pierre Drolet, Michel Girard

Prediction of difficult intubation: are we talking about the same thing?

Jean-Pierre Estèbe

Puncture of the laryngeal mask airway during stellate ganglion block

Sophie Drolet

Book reviews

Edith Villeneuve, Jean-François Hardy

Classified advertising and meetings