1. Cost-benefit analysis of neuromuscular blocking agents

   • François Donati

   Refresher Course Outline — Saturday, June 18 Pages: R3 - R12

2. Perioperative cardiac morbidity

   • Dennis T. Mangano

   Refresher Course Outline — Saturday, June 18 Pages: R13 - R19

3. General anaesthesia for obstetrics, is it obsolete?

   • Holly A. Muir

   Refresher Course Outline — Saturday, June 18 Pages: R20 - R29

4. Total quality management — is it another fad?

   • J. H. Tinker
   • N. E. Jensen

   Refresher Course Outline — Saturday, June 18 Pages: R30 - R41

5. Local anaesthetics in postoperative pain relief — what is their role?

   • Neal H. Badner

   Refresher Course Outline — Saturday, June 18 Pages: R42 - R51

6. Blood products: when to use them and how to avoid them

   • Jean-François Hardy
   • Sylvain Belisle
   • Danielle Robitaille

   Refresher Course Outline — Saturday, June 18 Pages: R52 - R69

7. A critical appraisal of the anaesthesia literature

   • Nicholas M. Greene

   Refresher Courses—Sunday, June 19 (A.M.) Pages: R70 - R77

8. Postoperative ventilation: a goal-directed approach?

   • Robert J. Byrick

   Refresher Courses—Sunday, June 19 (A.M.) Pages: R78 - R86

9. Fluid management for the paediatric patient

   • David J. Steward

   Refresher Courses—Sunday, June 19 (A.M.) Pages: R87 - R93

10. Anaesthesia for the morbidly obese patient

    • F. Peter Buckley

    Refresher Courses—Sunday, June 19 (A.M.) Pages: R94 - R105

11. What’s new in cardiovascular drugs?

    • Donald R. Miller

    Refresher Courses—Sunday, June 19 (A.M.) Pages: R106 - R120

12. From Aspirin™ to Zyloprim™: new considerations for major vascular surgery

    • David M. Ansley

    Refresher Courses—Sunday, June 19 (A.M.) Pages: R121 - R132

13. Abstracts

    • W. A. C. Mutch
    • I. W. C. White
    • R. D. Stewart

    Abstract Pages: A3 - A76