October 2005 Vol. 60 Issue 10

949		Living with the European Clinical Trials Directive: one year on
952		Modelling the impact of an influenza pandemic on critical care services in England
		D. K. Menon, B. L. Taylor and S. A. Ridleyon behalf of the Intensive Care Society, UK
955		Effect of breathing low concentrations of volatile anaesthetic agents on incidence of adverse airway events
		N. Goodwin, P. J. Strong, G. Sudhir, A. R. Wilkes and J. E. Hall
960		Comparison of xenon-based anaesthesia compared with total intravenous anaesthesia in high risk surgical patients*
		B. Bein, P. Turowski, J. Renner, R. Hanss, M. Steinfath, J. Scholz and P. H. Tonner
968		Cardiac output measurement by pulse dye densitometry in cardiac surgery
		W. Baulig, E. O. Bernhard, D. Bettex, D. Schmidlin and E. R. Schmid
974		Evaluation of femoral nerve blockade following inguinal paravascular block of Winnie: are there still lessons to be learnt?
		D. Jochum, T. O'Neill, H. Jabbour, P. D. Diarra, E. Cuignet-Pourel and H. Bouaziz
978		Acupressure for prevention of pre-operative anxiety: a prospective, randomised, placebo controlled study
		A. Agarwal, R. Ranjan, S. Dhiraaj, A. Lakra, M. Kumar and U. Singh
982		Effect of remifentanil with and without atropine on heart rate variability and RR interval in children
		O. Tirel, C. Chanavaz, J. Y. Bansard, F. Carré, C. Ecoffey, L. Senhadji and E. Wodey
990		Effects of music on target-controlled infusion of propofol requirements during combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia*
		X. W. Zhang, Y. Fan, A. Manyande, Y. K. Tian and P. Yin
995		Airway management before, during and after extubation: a survey of practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland
		S. Rassam, M. SandbyThomas, R. S. Vaughan and J. E. Hall
1002		Experiences of families when a relative is diagnosed brain stem dead: understanding of death, observation of brain stem death testing and attitudes to organ donation
		J. A. Ormrod, T. Ryder, R. J. Chadwick and S. M. Bonner
1009		Obesity: basic science and medical aspects relevant to anaesthetists
		M. H. Cheah and P. C. A. Kam
1022		Initial anatomic investigations of the I-gel airway: a novel supraglottic airway without inflatable cuff*
		R. M. Levitan and W. C. Kinkle
1027		Accuracy of central venous pressure monitoring during simultaneous continuous infusion through the same catheter
		A. M.-H. Ho, P. W. Dion, M. K. Karmakar and C. R. Jenkins
1031		Percutaneous cervical pharyngostomy: a traditional technique revisited
		T. M. Jones and A. R. Bodenham
1036		Use of remifentanil for tracheal intubation for caesarean section in a patient with suxamethonium apnoea
		R. Alexander and S. Fardell
1039		A serious case of failed extubation: difficulty removing a laser resistant tracheal tube in a 7-year-old child
		D. Batas, C. Park and A. C. Hermon-Taylor
1042		The GlideScope® videolaryngoscope
1042		Video recording of tracheal intubation
1043		Giant cavernous haemangioma of the tongue
1044		Hypokalaemia induced ST segment depression
1044		Helium-oxygen for asthma
1045		Damage to a syringe pump by propofol
1046		Effect of propofol on plastic components
1046		A novel adjunct to awake carotid endarterectomy
1047		Self-administration of drugs postoperatively
1047		Failure of a SafeBite bite protector
1048		The need for epidural wings
1049		Head injury from an MRI compatible pulse oximeter
1049		Flow sensor fault causing ventilator malfunction
1051		A simple model for training in one lung ventilation
1051		Risk assessment in anaesthesia
1051		Detachment of swivel connector from breathing circuit
1053		Erratum