1. Culture, threat, and error: lessons from aviation

   • Robert L. Helmreich
   • Jan M. Davies

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R1 - R4

2. The Canadian adverse events study

   • G. Ross Baker

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R5 - R5

3. Paravertebral anesthesia and analgesia

   • Jonathan Richardson

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R6 - R11

4. Risk assessment in ambulatory surgery: challenges and new trends

   • L. Reuven Pasternak

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R12 - R16

5. General anesthesia for obstetrics: a deadly or a winning combination

   • Joanne Douglas

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R17 - R20

6. Laryngoscopy — its past and future

   • Richard M. Cooper

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R21 - R25

7. Hazards of anesthesia gas delivery systems

   • James Eisenkraft

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R26 - R31

8. Current status of hypothermia as a treatment modality

   • Michael M. Todd

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R32 - R34

9. New anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents

   • Linda Shore-Lesserson

   Refresher Course Outline Pages: R35 - R39

10. The Pierre Limoges Pediatric Anesthesia Lecture: Tricky problems in pediatric anesthesia

    • Josée Lavoie

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R40 - R45

11. Mechanisms and treatment issues for neuropathic pain

    • Edwin D. Dunteman

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R46 - R49

12. Advances in labour analgesia

    • David J. Birnbach

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R50 - R52

13. Preoperative laboratory testing: necessary or overkill?

    • Michael F. Roizen

    Refresher Course Outline Pages: R53 - R58

14. Abstract

    • Tejinder S. Chhina
    • Harry Lapierre
    • Juliana M. Tan

    Abstract Pages: A59 - A167