Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society 2011 Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 24-28, 2011 Abstracts

This meeting, which focuses on anesthesiology, contains approximately 124 abstracts, all written in English. Topics covered include cricothyroidotomy skill retention, maternal cardiac arrest, training needs for pediatric anesthesia in the Middle East, carcinoid syndrome, memory deficit, brachial plexus injury, atrial fibrillation, elective valve in valve during TAAVI in degenerated aortic xenograts, CABG surgery and hyperkalemia. Also discussed are aortic aneurysm repair, pseudo-severe aortic stenosis, deep brain stimulation, discitis, spinal anesthesia for a patient with hereditary angioedema type 3 and cerebral oximtery.