August 2004 Vol. 59 Issue 8

735		Shift work, the anaesthetist and Santayana's warning
738		Plasma volume changes associated with two hydroxyethyl starch colloids following acute hypovolaemia in volunteers
		M. F. M. James, M. Y. Latoo, Michael G. Mythen, M. Mutch, Christian Michaelis, A. M. Roche and Edward Burdett
743		Impact of spinal anaesthesia and obesity on maternal respiratory function during elective Caesarean section*
		B. S. von Ungern-Sternberg, A. Regli, E. Bucher, A. Reber and M. C. Schneider
750		Reversal of vecuronium with neostigmine in patients with diabetes mellitus
		Y. Saitoh, H. Hattori, N. Sanbe, H. Nakajima, M. Akatu and M. Murakawa
755		Clearing the cervical spine after polytrauma: implementing unified management for unconscious victims in the intensive care unit
		C. G. Morris and B. Mullan
762		The effect of critical care outreach on postoperative serious adverse events
		D. A. Story, A. C. Shelton, S. J. Poustie, N. J. Colin-Thome and P. L. McNicol
767		Variation in the transcription of laboratory data in an intensive care unit
		R. Black, P. Woolman and J. Kinsella
770		Provision of long-term venous access procedures by UK anaesthetists: A postal survey
		D. Johnson and A. Bodenham
775		An audit of peribulbar blockade using 15 mm, 25 mm and 37.5 mm needles, and sub-Tenon's injection*
		A. A. van den Berg
781		Effects of the European Working Time Directive on anaesthetic training in the United Kingdom
		D. J. Sim, S. R. Wrigley and S. Harris
785		Integrated approaches to academic anaesthesia - the Cambridge experience
		D. K. Menon, D. W. Wheeler, I. A. Wilkins, P. D. Phillips, S. J. Fletcher, N. W. Penfold, H. L. Smith, A. K. Gupta and B. F. Matta
793		An American tale - professional conflicts in anaesthesia in the United States: implications for the United Kingdom
		M. Kane and A. F. Smith
803		Ximelagatran, a new oral direct thrombin inhibitor, for the prevention of venous thromboembolic events in major elective orthopaedic surgery. Efficacy, safety and anaesthetic considerations
		N. Rosencher
811		Evaluation of Frova, single-use intubation introducer, in a manikin. Comparison with Eschmann multiple-use introducer and Portex single-use introducer*
		I. Hodzovic, I. P. Latto, A. R. Wilkes, J. E. Hall, W. W. Mapleson
817		The air elimination capabilities of pressure infusion devices and fluid-warmers
		J. Schnoor, S. Macko, I. Weber and R. Rossaint
822		Consent for publication of a case report
		D. Bogod
823		Prepreparation of succinylcholine
		A. M. Gurung and A. A. Tomlinson
826		Methylene blue or patent blue?
		R. Deam and D. M. A. Francis
826		Failed gastric tube insertion in the LMA-ProSeal®
		D. Wardle
828		Safety of the Pulsiocath® for haemodynamic monitoring during magnetic resonance imaging
		J. Kampen, C. Liess, C. Casadio, P. H. Tonner, M. Reuter and J. Scholz
829		Blockage of a fluid administration set
		M. A. Burmeister, K. Faude and S. Nairn
830		Topiramate induced metabolic acidosis
		Y. Ozer and H. Altunkaya
830		Increased carbon dioxide during anaesthesia in patients with phaeochromocytoma
		T. Asai and K. Shingu
831		Proposal for a different ranking of anaesthesia journals
		W. Tiefenthaler, M. Hohlrieder, H. Hauffe, Th. Heidegger and A. Benzer
832		Critical incident due to a Guedel airway
		S. P. Nandalan and A. Hiremath
833		A new use of rubber gloves for venous cannulation
		F. Bryden and G. Neilson
833		Tracheal intubation through a laryngeal mask may kink the pilot tube
		T. Moeller-BertramJ. L. Benumof and K. M. Kuczkowski
834		Euphemia Maclean, Agnes Sampson and pain relief during labour in 16th century Edinburgh
		S. Lurie
834		Death from chloroform?
		D. Zuck
835		Breathing circuit failure due to surgical ‘prep’ solution
		P. C. Gordon
836		Another use for the LOCKIT epidural catheter clamp
		C. H. Kindler
837		Abstracts from the Vascular Anaesthesia Society of Great Britain and Ireland's Annual Scientific Meeting in Leicester, 8-9 September 2003