May 2003 Vol. 58 Issue 5

409		Editorial
		Andrew F. Smith
412		Clinical and economic choices in anaesthesia for day surgery: A prospective randomised controlled trial
		R. A. Elliott, K. Payne, J. K. Moore, N. J. N. Harper, A. S. St Leger, E. W. Moore, G. M. M. Thoms, B. J. Pollard, G. A. McHugh, J. Bennett, G. Lawrence, J. Kerr and L. M. Davies
422		Evaluation of oesophageal pulse oximetry in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery*
		P. A. Kyriacou,S. L. Powell,D. P. Jones and R. M. Langford
428		Hypotension following combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean sectionLeft lateral position vs. tilted supine position*
		C. Mendonca,J. Griffiths,B. Ateleanu and R. E. Collis
432		Comparison of heart rate variability in supine, and left and right lateral positions
		A. D. Ryan, P. D. Larsen and D. C. Galletly
437		Anaesthetic implications of anorexia nervosa
		C. A. Seller and A. Ravalia
444		Temperature course and distribution during plasma heating with a microwave device
		J. Hirsch,R. Bach,A. Menzebach,I. D. Welters,G. V. Dietrich and G. Hempelmann
448		Validation of a tonometric noninvasive arterial blood pressure monitor in the intensive care setting
		L. A. Steiner,A. J. Johnston,R. Salvador,M. Czosnyka and D. K. Menon
455		Clinical evaluation of a continuous oxygen consumption monitor in mechanically ventilated patients
		L. Donaldson,S. Dodds and T. S. Walsh
461		The effect of mechanical cleaning and thermal disinfection on light intensity provided by fibrelight Macintosh laryngoscopes
		M. J. L. Bucx,H. M. de Gast,J. Veldhuis,L. H. Hassing,A. Meulemans and A. Kammeyer
466		The anaesthetic management of a patient with a reninoma
		J. P. Nicholson,G. Rayman,P. Donaldson and I. K. Driver
471		Survey of change in practice following simulation-based training in crisis management
		J. Weller,L. Wilson and B. Robinson
474		Analgesia during radial artery cannulation: Comparison of the effects of lidocaine applied by local injection or iontophoresis
		J. Sherwin, I. T. Awad, P. J. Sadler, A. M. Liddle and D. J. Rowbotham
476		Survey of use of end-tidal carbon dioxide for confirming tracheal tube placement in intensive care units in the UK*
		S. Kannan and M. Manji
480		Pandora's Box contains no easy solution
		M. G. BoothS. Mackenzie
480		Research output in anaesthesia
		J. Viby-Mogensen
481		Benefits of off-pump coronary artery surgery?
		RML'E. OrneL. Balacumaraswami
482		Anaesthetic equipment - familiarity is comforting, but check it
		R. S. Dhamrait
482		Fibreoptic equipment and prion disease
483		Inadequate ventilation with the LMA ProSealTM
		S. GuptaA. Ravalia
484		Natural airway before artificial airway
		R. Williamson
485		Radiographic guided epidural placement
		T. W. JohnsonR. MorganP. Smalley
486		Complication of the combined spinal epidural technique 2
		C. LokP. Kirk
486		Complication of the combined spinal epidural technique 1
		J. E. SturgessD. Browne
487		Loss of consciousness from epidural sufentanil for labour analgesia
		S. CohenN. FernandezR. GroysmanO. Soremekun
488		Acute hypoglycaemia in a healthy parturient following induction of a combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labour
		K. M. Kuczkowski
489		Lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh pain in association with inguinal hernia repair
		R. G. DaviesG. Arthurs
491		Citalopram – a risk factor for postoperative hyponatraemia
		S. HollandS. TownleyR. Summerfield
492		Study of postoperative nausea and vomiting: recommending risk models for group comparisons
		C. C. ApfelM. KoivurantaB. Sweeney
493		Fire and frost!
		F. J. LambS. Ali
493		Allergic reaction to hyaluronidase after a peribulbar injection
		A. AgrawalH. A. McLureT. R. Dabbs
494		Antihistamines and potentiation of opioid induced sedation and respiratory depression
		J. S. AnwariS. Iqbal
495		Paediatric dental sedation
		R. BurnsA. F. McCraeE. Doyle
496		About submental intubation
		F. H. AltemirS. H. MonteroM. M. Peña
497		Simultaneous coronary bypass surgery and same anaesthetic technique in identical twins
		D. Dal
498		Preventing loss of nasogastric tubes in the critically ill. The 'nasal lasso' improved
		A. R. Watson G. R. Park
498		James Matthews Duncan
		A. G. McKenzie
499		Early books and pamphlets on anaesthesia
		A. G. McKenzie
500		Caution with your arterial lines
		A. ThompsonN. Jones
501		Vegetarian anaesthesia
		G. M. Krishna
502		Abstracts presented at the British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society Meeting in Birmingham, on 28 June 2002 - Ophthalmic pain following vitrectomy: an audit of current practice
		R. Barnes, K. Prince and F. Idrees
502		Abstracts presented at the British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society Meeting in Birmingham, on 28 June 2002 - Sub-Tenon's anaesthesia for cataract surgery using a plastic cannula
		Z. I. Sheikh and J. Luthman
503		Abstracts presented at the British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society Meeting in Birmingham, on 28 June 2002 - Anticoagulation and intra-ocular surgery under local anaesthesia
		J. Singh and K. Barber
504		Abstracts presented at the British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society Meeting in Birmingham, on 28 June 2002 - Anaesthesia for surgical decompression of the orbit in severe thyroid orbitiopathy
		L. Stannard, R.M. Slater and B. Leatherbarrow
505		Abstracts presented at the British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society Meeting in Birmingham, on 28 June 2002 - Survey of the need for intravenous access in ocular anaesthesia
		W. Thomas and M. Hardwick
506		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Evaluation of a model for surgical airway training
		S.G. Clarke and S.M. Yentis
506		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - A national survey of the use of bite guards and critical incidents involving the laryngeal mask airway
		J.P. Blackburn, A. Con and C. Moore
507		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Ventilation of a model lung through various cricothyrotomy devices
		R.M. Craven and R.G. Vanner
508		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Randomised comparison of the laryngeal tube and the laryngeal mask during anaesthesia with controlled ventilation
		T.M. Cook,B. McCormick and T. Asai
508		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Plasma lidocaine levels during local anaesthesia of the airway
		K. Williams, G. Barker, R. Harwood and N. Woodall
509		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - A realistic manikin for airway training
		J.P.H. Fee,J.M. Murray,A. McBride and T. Edgar
510		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Instruction in awake fibreoptic intubation using the trainees as subjects
		N.M. Woodall, G.L. Barker and R.J. Harwood
510		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Comparison of the fibreoptic 'scope and plastic bougie for tracheal intubation in simulated difficult laryngoscopy
		A.G. Marfin,K.C. Hames,J.J. Pandit,M.T. Popat and S.M. Yentis
511		Abstracts presented at the Difficult Airway Society Annual Meeting in London, on 22-23 November 2002 - Comparison of the single-use plastic bougie and the multiple-use gum elastic bougie for tracheal intubation in simulated grade-3 difficult laryngoscopy
		A.G. Marfin, K.C. Hames, J.J. Pandit and M.T. Popat
513		Book review: The Pharmacology of inhaled Anaesthetic; 1st Edition
		Richard GriffithsMahesh Chaudari
513		Book review: Holding Court with the Ghost of Gilman Terrace: Selected Writings of Ralph Milton Waters, M.D
		Neil Adams