861-867
Editorials
Perioperative blood conservation — The experts, the elephants, the clinicians, and the gauntlet
Keyvan Karkouti and Stuart A. McCluskey
868-871
Editorials
Science journals and global outreach initiatives in developing countries
Donald R. Miller
872-881
N-acetylcysteine for preventing acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients with pre-existing moderate renal insufficiency
Duminda N. Wijeysundera, W. Scott Beattie, Vivek Rao, John T. Granton and Christopher T. Chan
882-890
The addition of adrenaline to thoracic epidural meperidine does not improve analgesia following thoracotomy
Gregory L. Bryson, Calvin Thompson, Sylvain Gagne, Larry Byford and John Penning, et al.
891-896
The GlideScope®-specific rigid stylet and standard malleable stylet are equally effective for GlideScope® use
Timothy P. Turkstra, Christopher C. Harle, Kevin P. Armstrong, Paidrig M. Armstrong and Richard A. Cherry, et al.
897-901
Dexamethasone reduces the severity of postoperative sore throat
Siji Thomas and Suhara Beevi
902-907
The proportion of variation in perioperative transfusion decisions in Canada attributable to the hospital
Nadine Shehata, Kumanan Wilson, C. David Mazer, George Tomlinson and David Streiner, et al.
908-911
Case report: Alterations in bispectral index following absolute alcohol embolization in a patient with intracranial arteriovenous malformation
Koniparambil P. Unnikrishnan, Prabhat Kumar Sinha, Kamath Sriganesh and Puthuvassery R. Suneel
912-916
Case report: Ropivacaine neurotoxicity at clinical doses in interscalene brachial plexus block
Shalini Dhir, Sugantha Ganapathy, Peter Lindsay and George S. Athwal
917-921
Case report: Fatal hepatic failure after aortic valve replacement and sevoflurane exposure
Andreas Lehmann, Michael Neher, Arndt-Holger Kiessling, Frank Isgro and Anette Koloska, et al.
922-934
A review of approaches and techniques for lower extremity nerve blocks
De Tran, Antonio Clemente and Roderick J. Finlayson
935-939
Special Articles
Anesthesia training in Rwanda
Angela Enright
940-946
Anesthesia and the role of short-term service delivery in developing countries
Alison Froese
947-948
A misplaced guide wire in the false lumen during endovascular repair of a type B aortic dissection
Ashraf Fayad
949-950
Correspondence
Understanding the open access data movement
Donald R. Miller and D. John Doyle
951-952
Correspondence
Topical anesthesia of the airway using fibreoptic bronchoscope and the MADgic® atomizer in patients with predicted difficult intubation
Fu S. Xue, Quan Y. Yang, Xu Liao, Jian H. Liu and Shi Y. Tong
952-953
Correspondence
Ultrasound-guided continuous sciatic nerve blocks in two children with venous malformations in the lower limb
Geert Jan van Geffen, Jörgen Bruhn and Mathieu Gielen
953-954
Correspondence
Dexamethasone and ondansetron incompatibility in polypropylene syringes
Paul Brousseau, Jason Nickerson and Greg Dobson
954-955
Correspondence
Anesthetic management for a nailgun injury involving a cerebral venous sinus
Ryan J. Pauls, Bill Y. Ong, W. Alan C. Mutch and Joseph A. Silvaggio
955-957
Correspondence
The Airtraq® laryngoscope for placement of double-lumen endobronchial tube
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi and Norimasa Seo
957-958
Correspondence
Another use of Magill forceps to assist nasotracheal intubation
Rajesh Mahajan, Yatindera Kumar Batra and Sushil Kumar
958
Correspondence
Inopportune breakage of an endotracheal tube T-connector
James W. Heitz and Vincent P. Franze
959-961
Book new media reviews
Mateen Raazi and Shalini Dhir
961
Erratum
Erratum
Matthias Bock, Lars Haselmann, Bernd W. Böttiger and Johann Motsch