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ARCHIVE: Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2009
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Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology - Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2009 Page
SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT

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In Memorium... Dr. Carlos Parsloe
Anis Baraka

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EDITORIALS

Preoxygenation Of The Morbidly Obese With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Anis Baraka
141

REVIEW ARTICLES

Anesthetic Care Of The Patient With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Amir Baluch, Sunil Mahbubani, Fahad Al-Fadhli, Alan Kaye and Elizabeth A.M. Frost
143
Anesthesia And Cardiopulmonary Bypass For Congenital Heart Surgery
Chawki F elZein
153
Preventing Paralytic Ileus: Can The Anesthesiologist Help
Elizabeth A.M. Frost
159
Current Perioperative Management Of The Patient With HIV
Amir Baluch, Hiamine Maass, Cynthia Rivera, Abhinav Gautam, Alan Kaye and Elizabeth A.M. Frost
167
A Proposed Classification Of Simulators
Leonard M Pott, Arne O Budde and W Bosseau Murray
179
Modern Strategies For The Anesthetic Management Of The Paitent With Diabetes
Anhinav Gautam, Amir Baluch, Alan Kaye and Elizabeth A.M. Frost
187

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

The Impact Of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography On Decision-Making During Cardiac Surgery
S Mahdy, BO Brien, D Buggy and M Griffin
199
Effects Of Sevoflurane On Postoperative Liver Functions In Morbidly Obese As Compared To The Non-Obese Patients
Subhi M Al-Ghanem, Islam M Massad, Bassam Al-Barazangi, Mahmoud Al-Mustafa, Fayez S Daoud and Hamdi Abu-Ali
207
Patient Survey Of Continuous Interscalene Analgesia At Home After Shoulder Surgery
Elie J Chidiac, Roland Kaddoum and Steve A Peterson
213
Evaluation Of A Blood Conservation Strategy In The Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective, Randomized Study
Saad Mahdy, Ehtesham I Khan, M Attia, BP O’Brien and Patrick Seigne
219
Intravenous Dexmedetomidine Prolongs Bupivacaine Spinal Analgesia
Mahmoud M Al-Mustafa, Izdiad Z Badran, Hamdi M Abu-Ali, Bassam A Al-Barazangi, Islam M Massad and Subhi M Al-Ghanem
225
Attenuation Of Hemodynamic Responses Following Laryngoscopy And Tracheal Intubation - Comparative assessment of Clonidine and Gabapentin Premedication
Seyed Mojtaba. Marashi, Mohammad Hossein. Ghafari and Alireza Saliminia
233
Pediatric Cancer Pain Management At A Regional Cancer Center: Implementation Of Who Analgesic Ladder
Seema Mishra, Sushma Bhatnagar, Manisha Singh, Deepak Gupta, Roopesh Jain, Himanshu Chauhan and Gaurav Nirwani Goyal
239
The Prophylactic Effect Of Rectal Acetaminophen On Postoperative Pain And Opioid Requirements After Adenotonsillectomy In Children
Gholam Ali Dashti, Shahram Amini and Elham Zanguee
245
Pregnancy At Term Does Not Alter The Responses To A Mechanical And An Electrical Stimulus After Skin Emla Application
Amalia Katafigioti, Anteia Paraskeva, Georgios Petropoulos, Ionna Siafaka and Argyro Fassoulaki
251
Robotic Laparoscopy Radical Cystectomy: Inhalational vs Total Intravenous Analgesia - A Pilot Study
Mohamed M Atallah and Mahmoud M Othman
257
The Effect Of Nitroglycerine As An Adjuvant To Lidocaine In Intravenous Regional Analgesia
Rahman Abbasivash, Ebrahim Hassani, Mir Moussa Aghdashi and Mohammad Shirvani
265
Evaluation Of The Touniquet Leak During Forearm Intravenous Regional Analgesia - Manual vs Automatic pump injection -
Roshdi Roshdi Al-Metwalli
271
Time To Extubation In Infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy - Isoflurane Inhalation vs Remifentanil Infusion -
Sonia Ben Khalifa, Sami Blidi, Mehdi Trifa, Alia Skhiri, Mehdi Drira, Tarek Regaya and Amjed Fekih Hassen
277

CASE REPORTS

Anesthetic Implications Of Acute Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Intoxication In A Patient With Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Samuel DeMaria Jr, Ethan O Bryson and Elizabeth AM Frost
281
Human Poisoning After Ingestion Of Puffer Fish Caught From Mediterranean SEA
Suheil Chucrallah Chamandi, Kamal Kallab, Hanna Mattar and Elie Nader
285
Failure Of Endtidal Carbon Dioxide To Confirm Tracheal Intubation In A Neonate With A single Ventricle And Severe Pulmonary Stenosis
Sahar M Siddik-Sayyid, Anis S Barka, Farah H Mokadem and Marie T Aouad
289
Uneventful Epidural Analgesia In A patient With Cyclic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia
Sami M Ibrahim and Mustafa Saleh Elgazali
291
The Rate Dependent Bundle Branch Block - Transition from left bundle branch block to intraoperative normal sinus rhythm -
Seema Mishra, Prashant Nasa, Gaurav Nirwani Goyal, Himanshu Khurana, Deepak Gupta and Sushma Bhatnagar
295
Intubation-Induced Tracheal Stenosis: The urgent need for permanent solution
Ali S Al-Qahtani and Farouk M Messahel
299
Obstruction Of Endotracheal Tube: A Manufacturing Error
Fatemeh Hajimohammadi, Arman Taheri and Payam Eghtesadi-Araghi
303
Tracheal Cartilage Fracture With The Precutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy Ciaglia Method
Kasra Karvandian, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Mostafa Mohammadi, Mohammadtaghi Beigmohammadi and Afshin Jafarzadeh
307
Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Surgery In An Infant With Double Aortic Arch, Patent Ductus Arteriosus And Atrial Septal Defect
Mandeep Singh, Ashish Bindra, Girija P Rath, Vishwas Malik and Hemanshu Prabhakar
309
Anesthesia For Nelson’s Syndrome
Madhur Mehta, Girija P Rath and Gyaninder Pal Singh
313
Sudden Cardiac Arrest During Cesarean Section: A Possible Case Of Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Nikooseresht Mahshid, Sadegian Ahmad, Manochehrian Nahid and Farhanchi Afshin
315
Perioperative Care Of A Child With Ulllrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Neesann Puangsuvan, Robert A Mester, Venkataraman Ramachandran and Joseph D Tobias
319

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Practice Guidelines And Prevention Of Obstetric Anesthesia-Related Maternal Mortality
Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
325
Tongue Swelling In A Child After Cleft Palate Surgery
Kerem Erkalp, Zehra Yangin, Gokcen Basaranoglu, Haluk Ozdemir, Yavus Haspolat and Leyla Saidoglu
327

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