December 2005 Vol. 60 Issue 12

1159		Bullying in the workplace
1162		Association between early postoperative coagulation activation and peri-operative myocardial ischaemia in patients undergoing vascular surgery
		B. W. Böttiger, S. A. Snyder-Ramos, W. Lapp, J. Motsch, M. Aulmann, M. Schweizer, E. L. Layug, E. Martin and D. T. Mangano for the investigators of the Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (MCSPI) Research Group, Inc. and the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation
1168		Comparison of the effects of intrathecal morphine and pethidine on shivering after Caesarean delivery under combined-spinal epidural anaesthesia*
		J.-Y. Hong and I. H. Lee
1173		Use of the platelet function analyser (PFA-100®) to quantify the effect of low dose aspirin in patients with ischaemic heart disease
		M. Coakley, R. Self, W. Marchant, I. Mackie, S. V. Mallett and M. Mythen
1179		Histamine release during adult cardiopulmonary bypass
		K. M. Fayaz, S. Pugh, S. Balachandran, P. S. Sudheer and J. E. Hall
1185		Evaluation of capsaicin ointment at the Korean hand acupressure point K-D2 for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting
		A. Agarwal, S. Dhiraaj, M. Tandon, P. K. Singh, U. Singh and S. Pawar
1189		A procedure-specific systematic review and consensus recommendations for analgesia after total hip replacement
		H. B. J. Fischer and C. J. P. Simanski on behalf of the PROSPECT working group
1203		Recombinant activated factor VII and the anaesthetist
		I. J. Welsby, D. M. Monroe, J. H. Lawson and M. Hoffmann
1213		Military influence upon the development of anaesthesia from the American Civil War (1861–1865) to the outbreak of the First World War
		N. H. Metcalfe
1218		A randomised comparison of the Portex Softseal™ laryngeal mask airway with the LMA-Unique™ during anaesthesia
		T. M. Cook, P. Trümpelmann, R. Beringer and J. Stedeford
1226		Xenon measurement in breathing systems: a comparison of ultrasonic and thermal conductivity methods
		R. King, M. Bretland, A. Wilkes and J. Dingley
1231		Survival after massive bleeding into the airway in a patient at risk from ‘can’t intubate, can't ventilate'
		L. Sulaiman and P. Charters
1235		Transient paralysis after administration of a single dose of cyclizine
		S. Sandhu, T. N. S. Clarke, D. Greaves and D. W. Ryan
1237		Ephedrine, phenylephrine and fetal acidosis
1238		Spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section and fetal acidosis
1241		What babies want
1242		Paternity of the Doughty technique
1243		Intrathecal catheters after dural puncture – some unanswered questions
1244		Patient-controlled opioid analgesia for labour
1244		Recombinant Factor VIIa in blunt pelvic trauma
1245		Prophylactic percutaneous transtracheal catheterisation
1246		Hydrocortisone preparations and latex
1247		Failure of an intravenous cannula
1248		GMC guidance upheld
1248		Generic machine checks
1249		Reflectance pulse oximeter-associated burn in a critically ill patient
1250		Use of a blunt drawing-up needle for ilio-inguinal blocks
1250		Potential air embolus from a Level 1 Rapid Infuser
1251		Damage to armoured tracheal tubes by CUSA
1251		Failure of a single use laryngeal mask airway
1251		Are all the single-use laryngeal masks the same?
1253		A View from the Head End: Medical Cartoons to Ease the Pain
1253		Capnography. Clinical Aspects
1254		Surgical Critical Care
1254		Erratum
1255		Author index