January 2008 Vol. 63 Issue 1

i		Anaesthesia Journal of the Association of Anaesthetistsof Great Britain and Ireland
1		Epidural analgesia: first do no harm
		J. Low, N. Johnston and C. Morris
4		Dexmedetomidine and cardiac protection for non-cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
		B. M. Biccard, S. Goga and J. de Beurs
15		Therapeutic hypothermia in comatose patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest*
		A. W. Hay, D. G. Swann, K. Bell, T. S. Walsh and B. Cook
20		Peritonsillar infiltration with bupivacaine and pethidine for relief of post-tonsillectomy pain: a randomised double-blind study
		R. Nikandish, B. Maghsoodi, S. Khademi, S. Motazedian and R. Kaboodkhani
26		Airtraq vs standard laryngoscopy by student paramedics and experienced prehospital laryngoscopists managing a model of difficult intubation*
		M. Woollard, D. Lighton, W. Mannion, J. Watt, C. McCrea, I. Johns, L. Hamilton, P. O'Meara, C. Cotton and M. Smyth
32		Assessment of manoeuvres required for successful blind tracheal intubation through the PAXpress™
		S. M. Ahmed, R. M. Khan, M. Maroof and M. Ahmed
36		Accidental dural puncture and post dural puncture headache in obstetric anaesthesia: presentation and management: A 23-year survey in a district general hospital
		J. S. Sprigge and S. J. Harper
44		Systematic review of the literature for the use of oesophageal Doppler monitor for fluid replacement in major abdominal surgery
		S. M. Abbas and A. G. Hill
52		A peri-operative statin update for non-cardiac surgery. Part I: The effects of statin therapy on atherosclerotic disease and lessons learnt from statin therapy in medical (non-surgical) patients
		B. M. Biccard
65		Minimum and optimum light requirements for laryngoscopy in paediatric anaesthesia: a manikin study*
		C. A. Malan, A. Scholz, A. R. Wilkes, M. A. Hampson and J. E. Hall
71		The effect of flow on the filtration performance of paediatric breathing system filters
		A. R. Wilkes, C. A. Malan and J. E. Hall
77		The effect of volatile anaesthetic agents on the filtration performance of paediatric breathing system filters*
		S. R. Froom, C. Cann, A. R. Wilkes, C. Gildersleve and J. E. Hall
82		Randomised crossover comparison of the Ambu® AuraOnceTM Laryngeal Mask with the LMA ClassicTM laryngeal mask airway in paralysed anaesthetised patients*
		I. I. Shariffuddin and C. Y. Wang
86		Phaeochromocytoma crisis – a rare indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
		A. Chao, Y. C. Yeh, T. S. Yen and Y. S. Chen
89		Acute liver failure following therapeutic paracetamol administration in patients with muscular dystrophies
		B. Pearce and I. S. Grant
92		Osmotic demyelination syndrome following rapid correction of hyponatraemia
		D. M. Snell and C. Bartley
96		‘Training for trauma’– the system has changed
		R. RodenR. Winter
97		A reply
		D. Southern and A. Sen
97		The truth about trauma care
		N. W. Flatt
98		The concept of surgical operating list ‘efficiency’: a formula to describe the term
		T. M. Cook
98		A reply
		J. J. Pandit and S. WestburyM. Pandit
100		A reply
		A. Kathirgamanathan and N. W. Hawkins
100		Reliability of the ‘pop’ sign as an indicator of dural puncture
		J. Z. Hull and M. W. M. Rucklidge
101		Emergency anaesthesia at high altitude
		B. MoserG. Röggla
101		Peri-operative considerations for Anderson-Fabry disease
		J. Woolley and A. C. Pichel
102		Transfer device for supermorbidly obese patients
		V. Kartha, W. Gomez and A. Bullough
102		Use of a plastic Yankauer sucker for the reinsertion of a displaced percutaneous dilational tracheostomy tube
		J. J. Walton, I. D. Nesbitt, D. M. Cressey, J. F. Cosgrove and A. J. Kilner
103		Positioning of the tracheal tube during surgical tracheostomy
		J. Smith, S. Bonner and A. Skinner
103		Calculating variable ‘a’ for predicting plasma concentrations of steady-state remifentanil
		T. Kunisawa, M. Nagashima, A. Suzuki, O. Takahata and H. Iwasaki
104		Reducing the risk of air embolism following administration of intravenous paracetamol
		R. Pierson and M. Coupe
105		A reply
		R. O'Callaghan
105		More leaky intravenous cannulae
		J. Butcher and O. Adekanye
105		Failure of Draeger Infinity® pulse contour monitoring system when used with 8-cm PiCCO catheters
		D. Higgins and J. Townsend
106		More toothy matters
		S. B. Vohra
107		A gelatine-based ultrasound phantom
		C. L. Osmer
109		Announcements
110		Announcements
111		Announcements