British Journal of Anaesthesia

Editorial:

Hardman J. G. and Ross J. J.

Modelling: a core technique in anaesthesia and critical care research
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 589-592; doi:10.1093/bja/ael272 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Articles:

C. M. Bolton, P. S. Myles, T. Nolan, and J. A. Sterne

Prophylaxis of postoperative vomiting in children undergoing tonsillectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BJA Advance Access published on September 26, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 593-604; doi:10.1093/bja/ael256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular:

V. De Castro, J.-P. Goarin, L. Lhotel, N. Mabrouk, A. Perel, and P. Coriat

Comparison of stroke volume (SV) and stroke volume respiratory variation (SVV) measured by the axillary artery pulse-contour method and by aortic Doppler echocardiography in patients undergoing aortic surgery
BJA Advance Access published on September 29, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 605-610; doi:10.1093/bja/ael236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Ristikankare, T. Kuitunen, A. Kuitunen, L. Uotila, A. Vento, R. Suojaranta-Ylinen, M. Salmenperä, and R. Pöyhiä

Lack of renoprotective effect of i.v. N-acetylcysteine in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing cardiac surgery
BJA Advance Access published on August 16, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 611-616; doi:10.1093/bja/ael224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. M. T. Hare, J. M. A. Worrall, A. J. Baker, E. Liu, N. Sikich, and C. D. Mazer

ß₂ Adrenergic antagonist inhibits cerebral cortical oxygen delivery after severe haemodilution in rats
BJA Advance Access published on September 6, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 617-623; doi:10.1093/bja/ael238 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y.-L. Li, D. T. Wong, W. Wei, and J. Liu

A novel acoustic window for trans-oesophageal echocardiography by using a saline-filled endotracheal balloon
BJA Advance Access published on September 13, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 624-629; doi:10.1093/bja/ael244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Kottenberg-Assenmacher, L. Volbracht, H. Jakob, A. Greinacher, and J. Peters

Disseminated intravascular clotting associated with Fc-receptor IIa-mediated platelet activation in a patient with endocarditis after aortic valve replacement
BJA Advance Access published on August 16, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 630-633; doi:10.1093/bja/ael234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Practice:

R. D. MacPherson, C. Willcox, C. Chow, and A. Wang

Anaesthetist's responses to patients' self-reported drug allergies
BJA Advance Access published on September 1, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 634-639; doi:10.1093/bja/ael237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. P. Kuo, S. W. Jao, K. M. Chen, C. S. Wong, C. C. Yeh, M. J. Sheen, and C.T. Wu

Comparison of the effects of thoracic epidural analgesia and i.v. infusion with lidocaine on cytokine response, postoperative pain and bowel function in patients undergoing colonic surgery
BJA Advance Access published on September 4, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 640-646; doi:10.1093/bja/ael217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. N. Piper, K. D. Röhm, J. Boldt, K. L. Faust, W. H. Maleck, P. Kranke, and S. W. Suttner

Inspired oxygen fraction of 0.8 compared with 0.4 does not further reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting in dolasetron-treated patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
BJA Advance Access published on September 8, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 647-653; doi:10.1093/bja/ael242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. E. Hill, B. O. Ogunnaike, and E. R. Johnson

General anaesthesia for the cocaine abusing patient. Is it safe?
BJA Advance Access published on August 16, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 654-657; doi:10.1093/bja/ael221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neurosciences And Neuroanaesthesia:

P. E. Tanskanen, J. V. Kyttä, T. T. Randell, and R. E. Aantaa

Dexmedetomidine as an anaesthetic adjuvant in patients undergoing intracranial tumour surgery: a double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled study
BJA Advance Access published on August 16, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 658-665; doi:10.1093/bja/ael220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Wenningmann, S. Paprotny, S. Strassmann, R. K. Ellerkmann, B. Rehberg, M. Soehle, and B.W. Urban

Correlation of the A-Line^TM ARX index with acoustically evoked potential amplitude
BJA Advance Access published on August 23, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 666-675; doi:10.1093/bja/ael223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Pandin, N. Van Cutsem, T. Tuna, and A. D'hollander

Bispectral index is a topographically dependent variable in patients receiving propofol anaesthesia
BJA Advance Access published on August 23, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 676-680; doi:10.1093/bja/ael235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. D. de Boer, J. van Egmond, F. van de Pol, A. Bom, J. J. Driessen, and L. H. D. J. Booij

Time course of action of sugammadex (Org 25969) on rocuronium-induced block in the Rhesus monkey, using a simple model of equilibration of complex formation
BJA Advance Access published on October 3, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 681-686; doi:10.1093/bja/ael240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Grasshoff and B. Antkowiak

Effects of isoflurane and enflurane on GABA_A and glycine receptors contribute equally to depressant actions on spinal ventral horn neurones in rats
BJA Advance Access published on September 13, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 687-694; doi:10.1093/bja/ael239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paediatrics:

M. Weiss, A. Dullenkopf, S. Böttcher, A. Schmitz, K. Stutz, C. Gysin, and A. C. Gerber

Clinical evaluation of cuff and tube tip position in a newly designed paediatric preformed oral cuffed tracheal tube
BJA Advance Access published on September 19, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 695-700; doi:10.1093/bja/ael247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Tumolo, A. Moscatelli, and G. Silvestri

Anaesthetic management of a child with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
BJA Advance Access published on September 26, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 701-703; doi:10.1093/bja/ael251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regional Anaesthesia:

H. Kallio, E.-V. T. Snäll, T. Luode, and P. H. Rosenberg

Hyperbaric articaine for day-case spinal anaesthesia
BJA Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 704-709; doi:10.1093/bja/ael222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Lundblad, S. Kapral, P. Marhofer, and P.-A. Lönnqvist

Ultrasound-guided infrapatellar nerve block in human volunteers: description of a novel technique
BJA Advance Access published on September 26, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 710-714; doi:10.1093/bja/ael241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. R. Plunkett, D. S. Brown, J. M. Rogers, and C. C. Buckenmaier, III

Supraclavicular continuous peripheral nerve block in a wounded soldier: when ultrasound is the only option
BJA Advance Access published on August 16, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 715-717; doi:10.1093/bja/ael218 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiration And The Airway:

J. S. Yem, M. J. Turner, A. B. Baker, I. H. Young, and A. B. H. Crawford

A tidally breathing model of ventilation, perfusion and volume in normal and diseased lungs
BJA Advance Access published on August 21, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 718-731; doi:10.1093/bja/ael216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

J. S. Yem, M. J. Turner, and A. B. Baker

Sources of error in partial rebreathing pulmonary blood flow measurements in lungs with emphysema and pulmonary embolism
BJA Advance Access published on August 21, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 732-741; doi:10.1093/bja/ael214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Dhonneur, S. K. Ndoko, A. Yavchitz, A. Foucrier, C. Fessenmeyer, C. Pollian, X. Combes, and L. Tual

Tracheal intubation of morbidly obese patients: LMA CTrach^TM vs direct laryngoscopy
BJA Advance Access published on September 21, 2006
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 742-745; doi:10.1093/bja/ael219 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

J. A. W. Wildsmith, M. R. Checketts, and N. Tam

Factors in epidural haematoma
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 746; doi:10.1093/bja/ael257 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Girgirah, S. M. Kinsella, and R. A. Veselis

Propofol and memory
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 746-748; doi:10.1093/bja/ael258 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. J. Stack, P. J. Westhead, P. C. Fabb, and H. G. Wakeling

Useful ectopics
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 748; doi:10.1093/bja/ael259 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. S. Sulemanji, A. Dönmez, and G. Arslan

Epidural anaesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with scleroderma
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 749; doi:10.1093/bja/ael260 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H.-Y. Lai, P.-K. Wang, Y.-L. Yang, J. Lai, and T.-Y. Chen

Facilitated insertion of a nasogastric tube in tracheal intubated patients using the GlideScope
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 749-750; doi:10.1093/bja/ael261 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Shrikrishna, C. Green, D. Wood, and J. Handel

Life-threatening spontaneous intracranial hypotension responding to epidural blood patch
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 750; doi:10.1093/bja/ael262 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. B. Drummond and R. S. Bondok

Strong magnesium solution
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 750-751; doi:10.1093/bja/ael263 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Schricker, G. Carvalho, P. Hans, and V. Bonhomme

Abdominal surgery, morbid obesity, age, dexamethasone, diabetes mellitus and glucose metabolism
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 751-752; doi:10.1093/bja/ael264 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

I. Moppett

Basic Science for Anaesthetists. S. Dolenska. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Pp. 199; indexed; illustrated. Price £27.99. ISBN 0-521-67602-9.
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 753; doi:10.1093/bja/ael265 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. Goddard

Bringing Pain Relief to Children: Treatment Approaches. G. A. Finley, P. J. McGrath and C. T. Chambers. Published by Humana Press Inc., New Jersey, USA. Pp. 240; indexed; illustrated. Price £55.00. ISBN 1-58829-628-8.
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 753-754; doi:10.1093/bja/ael266 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. E. Peacock

Principles of Pain Management for Anaesthetists. S. Coniam and J. Mendham. Published by Hodder Arnold, London, UK. Pp. 260; indexed, illustrated. Price £34.99. ISBN 0-340-81648-1.
Br. J. Anaesth. 2006 97: 754; doi:10.1093/bja/ael267 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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