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The PiCCO monitor: a review

Volume40 Issue3
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AuthorsE Litton, M Morgan
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Equipment to manage a difficult airway during anaesthesia

Volume39 Issue1
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AuthorsPA Baker, BT Flanagan, KB Greenland, R Morris, H Owen, RH Riley, WB Runciman, DA Scott, R Segal, WJ Smithies, AF Merry
Pages16-34

Acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients: a growing challenge

Volume39 Issue5
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AuthorsCA Huxtable, LJ Roberts, AA Somogyi, PE Macintyre
Pages804-823

Systematic review of oxytocin dosing at caesarean section

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Obesity and obstetric anaesthesia

Volume39 Issue4
TypeReview
AuthorsHS Mace, MJ Paech, NJ McDonnell
Pages559-570

Brugada syndrome – a review of the implications for the anaesthetist

Volume39 Issue4
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AuthorsSM Carey, G Hocking
Pages571-577

Subdural block and the anaesthetist

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Opioids, ventilation and acute pain management

Volume39 Issue4
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AuthorsPE Macintyre, JA Loadsman, DA Scott
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Airway assessment based on a three column model of direct laryngoscopy

Volume38 Issue1
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The role of regional anaesthesia techniques in the management of acute pain

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In this issue the covernote by Featherstone and Ball looks at the origins of cardiopulmonary bypass.

In their paper The incidence of hyperthermia during craniotomy Malpas et al argue that there is evidence that even mild hyperthermia may exacerbate brain injury.

The study by Tsai et al aims to describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of vancomycin in Australian Indigenous patients with severe sepsis and advise on an optimal dosing strategy.

In their paper Intravenous tranexamic acid and lower limb arthroplasty—a randomised controlled feasibility study Painter et al conducted a randomised, double blind placebo-controlled trial in 140 patients aged 45 years or older, undergoing elective primary or revision hip or knee joint replacement.

In Audit of ten years of donation after circulatory death experience in Queensland: observations of agonal physiology following withdrawal of cardiorespiratory support Cook and Widdicombe conducted an audit from 2008 to 2017 in all patients undergoing withdrawal of cardiorespiratory support (WCRS) in the context of donation after circulatory death (DCD).

Stuetzle et al conducted a study aimed at ascertaining the sources and effects of occupational fatigue amongst anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand.

As usual there is a variety of interesting Correspondence and a Book Review in this issue.

History Supplement

The annual History Supplement has loads of interesting features including the cover feature on the Corfe-McMurdie anaesthetic inhaler and the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station.

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