November 2008 Vol. 63 Issue 11

1163		Gambling with ethics? A statistical note on the Poisson (binomial) distribution
		J. J. Pandit
1167		Use of heart rate variability analysis to determine the risk of cardiac ischaemia in high-risk patients undergoing general anaesthesia
		R. Hanss, D. Block, M. Bauer, C. Ilies, A. Magheli, H. Schildberg-Schroth, J. Renner, J. Scholz and B. Bein
1174		Development of a risk stratification model for predicting acute renal failure in orthotopic liver transplantation recipients*
		A. Rueggeberg, S. Boehm, F. Napieralski, A. R. Mueller, P. Neuhaus, K. J. Falke and H. Gerlach
1181		Accuracy of detecting changes in auditory heart rate in a simulated operating room environment*
		E. Chou, J. Lim, R. Brant, S. Ford and J. M. Ansermino
1187		Effects of propofol on pulmonary inflammatory response and dysfunction induced by cardiopulmonary bypass*
		K. An, H. Shu, W. Huang, X. Huang, M. Xu, L. Yang, K. Xu and C. Wang
1193		Patient safety incidents associated with equipment in critical care: a review of reports to the UK National Patient Safety Agency
		A. N. Thomas and I. Galvin
1198		Safety and complications of percutaneous tracheostomy in a cohort of 800 mixed ICU patients
		G. Díaz-Regañón, E. Miñambres, A. Ruiz, S. González-Herrera, M. Holanda-Peña and F. López-Espadas
1204		Emergency cricothyroidotomy: a randomised crossover study of four methods
		J. C. Dimitriadis and R. Paoloni
1209		Unplanned extubation in a paediatric intensive care unit: impact of a quality improvement programme
		P. S. L. da Silva, V. E. de Aguiar, H. M. Neto and W. B. de Carvalho
1217		Validation of the quality of The National Pain Database for pain management services in the United Kingdom
		G. C. Hall, T. N. Bryant, L. K. Merrett and C. Price
1222		A survey of the use of ultrasound guidance in internal jugular venous cannulation*
		T. McGrattan, J. Duffty, J. S. Green and N. O’Donnell
1226		A meta-analysis of the utility of pre-operative brain natriuretic peptide in predicting early and intermediate-term mortality and major adverse cardiac events in vascular surgical patients
		R. N. Rodseth, L. Padayachee and B. M. Biccard
1234		Evaluation of bag-valve-mask ventilation in simulated toxic environments*
		A. Brinker, W. M. Stratling and J. Schumacher
1238		Assessment of a new disposable introducer for spinal needles
		R. J. Erskine
1241		Clinical experience with a pumpless extracorporeal lung assist device
		C. Hammell, M. Forrest and P. Barrett
1245		Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a report of a case with atypical features
		J. N. Pratap and J. F. Down
1249		Multiple organ failure and severe bone marrow dysfunction in two 18 year-old Caucasian patients: Epstein–Barr virus and the haemophagocytic syndrome
		P. A. Berry, W. Bernal, A. Pagliuca, E. Sizer, J. R. Salisbury, J. A. Wendon and G. Auzinger
1255		Improving UK trauma care: the NCEPOD trauma report
		T. Clarke, C. Deakin, W. Blancke and M. Ward
1255		A reply
		D. Lockey
1256		‘Trauma: we care’
		N. Zafar, A. Mohammad, E. J. Da Silva and M. Malik
1257		Safety in anaesthesia: an update
		J. Russell and C. McLaughlan
1257		Safe practice compromising safe practice?
		B. McGuire and C. Lee
1258		A reply
		S. M. Yentis and I. Calder
1258		Cricoid pressure: should we lay off the pressure?
		A. Gobindram and S. Clarke
1259		Regional anaesthesia: awake or asleep?
		A. J. R. Macfarlane, K. J. Chin, G. A. Prasad and R. Brull
1260		A reply
		N. M. Feely, M. T. Popat and S. V. Rutter
1260		Frova introducer for tracheal intubation – our comments and experience
		G. Umesh and K. Jasvinder
1261		A reply
		I. Hodzovic, A. R. Wilkes, M. Stacey and I. P. Latto
1262		Laryngoscopy grades might influence the cardiovascular response
		L. B. Elakkumanan
1262		A reply
		O. Cuvas
1262		Icodextrin 7.5% dialysate solution for peritoneal dialysis and erroneous blood glucose measurement
		I. Raju and D. M. Cressey
1263		The inventor of the divided airway
		R. P. Haridas
1264		Thoracic arachnoid cyst presenting as backache after spinal anaesthesia
		S. Samuel and C. Howell
1265		Phenomenon with I-gel airway?
		S. Baxter
1265		An aid to topically anaesthetising the airway
		N. Joshi and R. Marjot
1265		Faulty blease PEEP valve
		K. Chandradeva
1266		A reply
		L. Dalgety
1266		A new effective non-invasive method of cooling patients with malignant hyperthermia
		A. S. Thakor and N. Levy
1267		Gaseous induction through a nasotracheal tube
		H. N. Saxena
1268		Outcome after ICU admission in patients over 90 years
		S. R. Desikan, W. Chappell and J. Kurian
1269		An audit of the pre-operative high risk colorectal assessment clinic at James Cook Hospital
		S. O’Neill
1269		Causes of pre-operative delay in patients with fractured neck of femur
		C. Farley
1270		Acute fractured neck of femur fixation in patients on clopidogrel
		A. Obideyi, R. Griffiths and M. Parker
1271		Prescribing practices in cardiothoracic ICU: the impact of computerised physician order entry
		J. Ali, L. Barrow and A. Vuylsteke
1272		Thrombin generation during cardiac bypass surgery
		E. Duff, V. Billing, D. McPherson, M. Coakley, P. Collins and J. E. Hall
1272		Postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery: problems in defining the incidence
		C. Cann, A. R. Wilkes, J. E. Hall and R. A. Kumar
1273		Rate of change of clot flexibility during cardiac bypass surgery
		E. Duff, V. Billing, D. McPherson, M. Coakley, P. Collins and J. E. Hall
1274		Cancer-Related Bone Pain
		Karen GilmoreStaff Grade in Palliative MedicineMark TaylorConsultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management
1274		Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
		G. Arun Prasad
1276		Errata
1276		Errata
1277		Announcements
1278		Announcements
1279		Announcements
1280		Announcements