January 2004 Vol. 59 Issue 1

1		The syringe is mightier than the pen
		David BogodEditor-in-Chief
3		Therapeutic impact of intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography during noncardiac surgery*
		C. K. Hofer, A. Zollinger, M. Rak, S. Matter-Ensner, R. Klaghofer, Th. Pasch and M. P. Zalunardo
10		The effect of nitrous oxide on cerebral blood flow velocity in children anaesthetised with sevoflurane*
		D. A. Rowney, R. Fairgrieve and B. Bissonnette
15		A comparison of 8% and 12% sevoflurane for inhalation induction in adults
		N. Goodwin, A. E. Campbell, J. E. Hall, S. Plummer and M. Harmer
20		A pilot study of evaluation of cerebral function by S100b protein and near-infrared spectroscopy during cold and warm cardiopulmonary bypass in infants and children undergoing open-heart surgery*"
		M. Shaaban Ali, M. Harmer, M. Elliott, A. Lloyd Thomas and F. Kirkham
27		Assessment of tracheal intubation in children after induction with propofol and different doses of remifentanil
		J. M. Blair, D. A. Hill, C. M. Wilson and J. P. H. Fee
34		Simple bedside assessment of level of consciousness: comparison of two simple assessment scales with the Glasgow Coma scale*
		A. F. McNarry and D. R. Goldhill
38		Bougie-assisted difficult airway management in a manikin – the effect of position held on placement and force exerted by the tip*
		I. Hodzovic, A. R. Wilkes and I. P. Latto
44		Anaesthetic management in facial bipartition surgery: The experience of one centre
		S. Mallory, L. H. Yap, B. M. Jones and R. Bingham
52		Entropy during propofol hypnosis, including an episode of wakefulness
		R. E. Anderson, G. Barr, A. Öwall and Jan Jakobsson
57		Unplanned admission rates and postdischarge complications in patients over the age of 70 following day case surgery
		R. J. Aldwinckle and J. E. Montgomery
60		Peri-operative b-blockade and haemodynamic optimisation in patients with coronary artery disease and decreasing exercise capacity presenting for major noncardiac surgery"
		B. M. Biccard
69		Problems with capnography at high altitude*
		K. Pattinson, S. Myers and C. Gardner-Thorpe
73		Comparison of four different emergency airway access equipment sets on a human patient simulator*
		B. S. Vadodaria, S. D. Gandhi and A. K. McIndoe
80		A prospective, randomised clinical evaluation of a new safety-orientated injectable drug administration system in comparison with conventional methods*
		C. S. Webster, A. F. Merry, P. H. Gander and N. K. Mann
88		Clinical governance in pain management
		S. Vashisht
89		Fresh frozen plasma for succinylcholine apnoea
		C. C. Harle and R. McKendrick
90		Training in airway management
		T. Asai and I. P. Latto
91		Cricoid pressure
		R. G. Vanner
92		Images in clinical anaesthesia: extrathoracic post-traumatic lung herniation
		P. K. Bui and K. M. Kuczkowski
93		Disposable laryngoscopes are not always inferior to non-disposable laryngoscopes
		T. Asai
93		Pain and intramuscular injections
		J. M. Cupitt and V. Kasipandian
94		White cell count and intensive care unit outcome: rethinking the vocabulary
		M. Steiner and P. Schuff-Werner
94		Peripartum anaesthetic management of a parturient with spinal cord injury and autonomic hyperreflexia
		M. P. Ribes Pastor and M. Vanarase
94		Caesarean section in a parturient with type III spinal muscular atrophy and pre-eclampsia
		R. Kitson, V. Williams and C. Howell
95		Upper airway obstruction in a patient with a tracheostomy
		R. McKendrick, V. Godbole and J. M. Cupitt
96		An audit of an audit: local causes of inaccuracy in ‘Who operates when II?’
		R. Hugh James
96		Introductory day for new college tutors
		F. M. Dodd
97		Modified Magill's forceps revisited
		L. Sims, A. Patel and D. Enderby
97		Theoretical value of Hüfner's constant
		V. Gorelov
98		Confusion relating to drug syringe labels
		J. Loader
98		Another foreign body in a laryngeal mask airway
		S. B. Vohra
100		Abstracts from the Society of Intravenous Anaesthesia (UK)'s Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow, 30–31 May 2003
103		Deaths of members reported to Council October 2002 to September 2003
104		Erratum