September 2003 Vol. 58 Issue 9

833		Patient safety and quality: can anaesthetists play a greater role?
		C. Jorm
835		Lateral tilt for pregnant women: why 15 degrees?
		S. M. Kinsella
838		Acute respiratory distress syndrome: an audit of incidence and outcome in Scottish intensive care units
		M. Hughes, F. N. MacKirdy, J. Ross, J. Norrie and I. S. Granton behalf of the Scottish Intensive Care Society
846		Use of the bougie in simulated difficult intubation. 1. Comparison of the single-use bougie with the fibrescope*
		K. C. Hames, J. J. Pandit, A. G. Marfin, M. T. Popat and S. M. Yentis
852		Use of the bougie in simulated difficult intubation. 2. Comparison of single-use bougie with multiple-use bougie*
		A. G. Marfin, J. J. Pandit, K. C. Hames, M. T. Popat and S. M. Yentis
856		1000 anaesthetic incidents: experience to date
		R. Hugh James
864		A prospective randomised controlled trial of capnography vs. bronchoscopy for Blue RhinoTM percutaneous tracheostomy
		A. Mallick, D. Venkatanath, S. C. Elliot, T. Hollins and C. G. Nanda Kumar
869		A comparison of the forces exerted during laryngoscopy using disposable and non-disposable laryngoscope blades
		A. Evans, R. S. Vaughan, J. E. Hall, J. Mecklenburgh and A. R. Wilkes
874		Validation of a pre-anaesthetic screening questionnaire
		W. G. Hilditch, A. J. Asbury, E. Jack and S. McGrane
878		Effects of hypertonic saline (7.5%) on extracellular fluid volumes in healthy volunteers
		K. Järvelä, M. Koskinen and T. Kööbi
882		Out of our reach? Assessing the impact of introducing a critical care outreach service
		A. J. Pittard
885		The effect of normobaric hyperoxia on cardiac index in healthy awake volunteers
		J. M. Harten, K. J. Anderson, W. J. Angerson, M. G. Booth and J. Kinsella
889		Comparative evaluation of methods for ensuring the correct position of the tracheal tube in children undergoing open heart surgery*
		Kyoung Ok Kim, Woo Sik Um and Chong Sung Kim
893		Survey of abuse and violence by patients and relatives towards intensive care staff
		J. Lynch, R. Appelboam and P. J. McQuillan
899		The effects of concurrent atorvastatin therapy on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous midazolam
		C. G. Mc Donnell, S. Harte, J. O'Driscoll, C. O'Loughlin, F. D. Van Pelt and G. D. Shorten
904		The effect of variable-dose diazepam on dreaming and emergence phenomena in 400 cases of ketamine-fentanyl anaesthesia
		R. F. Grace
911		Syringe labelling
		E. Lee
911		The canary is dead
		R. G. M. Jackson, J. A. Stamford and L. Strunin
912		Inducing anaesthesia in the operating theatre: staff and patient opinions
		D. O'Connor, A. Dobson and S. Smith
913		Subarachnoid haemorrhage following activated protein C for bacterial meningitis
		D. King and D. Higgins
914		Preventing damage to the tracheal tube during maxillary osteotomy
		J. R. Davies and P. V. Dyer
915		The intubating laryngeal mask and laser surgery
		P. Bishop and A. Patel
916		Don't pre-oxygenate with a 3-metre Bain circuit
		W. F. S. Sellers and S. Dykes
916		Pulmonary aspiration during spontaneous ventilation through an Airway Management Device™
		T. Cook
917		Inadequate labelling of an unconventional device
		J. R. Davies
918		Difficult airway alert
		C. R. Dunstan and H. Caesar
919		Nasotracheal intubation
		Z. Zych and D. J. Crossley
920		Getting the tube in the oesophagus and oxygen in the trachea: preliminary results with the new supraglottic device (Cobra™) in 28 anaesthetised patients
		F. Agrò, G. Barzoi, M. Carassiti, B. and Gallì
921		Sterilisation of laryngoscope blades
		R. Skilton
922		Sudden deaths during hip hemi-arthroplasty
		G. Parry
922		Correct fixation of LMA ProSeal™
		A. I. J. Brain and C. Verghese
923		Problems with the rapid powered injection of radiology contrast through multilumen catheters
		N. J. Reynolds and L. J. Grosvenor
924		Cornelia de Lange syndrome, hyperthermia and a difficult airway
		T. J. Papadimos and A. P. Marco
925		General anaesthesia and the photosternutatory reflex
926		Unusual critical incident: chemical gas alert
		G. R. Nordmann and T. Woolley
926		Local anaesthetic antibacterial activity
		J. Eldor
928		The effect of auricular acupuncture on anaesthesia: a search for optimal design
		T. I. Usichenko, D. Pavlovic and M. Groth
928		Remifentanil sedation for parathyroidectomy
		L. Ali, P. Sidebottom, M. M. Laban and J. Lynn
928		Dystonic reaction to cyclizine
		A. Sewell and M. Nixon
929		Reduced postoperative pain and nausea after sub-Tenon's anaesthesia
		A. D. Farmery and D. Shlugman
929		Confirming the position of the thoracic epidural catheter – a valuable sign
		P. Corry, P. S. Sanjay, G. N. Russell and S. H. Pennefather
930		Aseptic precautions for inserting an epidural catheter
		S. Cohen, N. Uzum and B. Alptekin
930		Labour ward clocks
		I. F. Russell
931		Thermal injury in pregnancy: anaesthetic considerations
932		Hypotension following combined spinal epidural anaesthesia
		P. Davies and H. Howells
933		Anaesthetic management of the parturient with massive peripartum haemorrhage and fetal demise
		A. Chulu and K. M. Kuczkowski
934		A simple device as a guide to 15° tilt during Caesarean section
		C. Siegmueller
934		Vegetarians and surgery
		B. Saha, S. Lakshmanan and D. B. Rittoo
935		Drug mix-up during resuscitation
		B. Bhala
935		History of anaesthesia
		J. Zorab
936		A study to compare the effects of therapeutic massage and static touch on experimentally-induced pain in healthy volunteers
		J. Kessler and M.I. Johnson
937		A prospective audit of a group protocol for the administration of analgesics during triage in Accident and Emergency
		U. Collignon, U. Tan and R. Wood
938		Efficacy of two cannabis-based medicinal extracts for relief of central neuropathic pain from brachial plexus avulsion: results of a randomised controlled trial
		J. Berman, J. Lee, M. Cooper, A. Cannon, J. Sach, S. McKerral, M. Taggart, C. Symonds, K. Fishe and R. Birch
938		"Future possible selves" conditionality and adjustment to chronic pain
		S. Morley, C. Davies and S. Barton
939		The Wessex Epidural Steroids Sciatica Trial (WEST) Study – a cost effectiveness study of epidural steroids in the management of sciatica: 12-month effectiveness data
		C. Price, P. Rogers, J. Stubbing, M. Michel and N. Arden
941		Careers in Anaesthesiology. Autobiographical Memoirs. Volume VII
		N. Adams
942		Medical statistics made clear: an introduction to basic concepts
		I. Kestin
942		Principles and Practice of Regional Anaesthesia. 3rd edition
		I. Christie