Editorial

Welcome to Update in Anaesthesia issue 18!

About 4 months ago, we received a request to publish an article on explosions in the operating theatre, for colleagues using ether anaesthesia. Dr Busato, one of our members from Italy, kindly wrote the paper in this edition, and we hope that the information will prove practical. The editors of Update are always delighted to receive suggestions for articles, and will do our best to cover the subjects requested.

The World Congress in Anaesthesia is taking place in April 04 - please see the advert on the back page. We are looking forward to meeting colleagues from many different parts of the world. The WFSA will have a stand at the meeting, and this should be a useful meeting point.

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) has recently sponsored the production of an anaesthesia resource CDROM in conjunction with World Anaesthesia. This will contain the text of all previous editions of Update, the Primary Trauma Care Manual and the latest UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines. The World Health Organisation publications - Anaesthesia at the District Hospital, WHO Drug Formulary and The Clinical Use of Blood are included. In addition we are delighted that the Editor of Anaesthesia (the journal of the AAGBI) has given us permission to put the last fours years of the journal on the CDROM. Altogether this library of anaesthesia related material will prove a fantastic resource to anyone with access to a computer. The CDROMs will be available for a small cost in Paris at the AAGBI stand, and readers of Update can contact michael.dobson@nda.ox.ac.uk to find out how to receive a copy.

The editors of Update in Anaesthesia would like to express their grateful thanks to Dr Kester Brown, WFSA President, and Dr Roger Eltringham Chairman of the WFSA Publications Committee, for their kind help and enthusiastic support over the last 4 years.

Iain Wilson
Editor