ANZCA Bulletin June 2011 - Australian and New Zealand College of ...

10 Hong Kong CSM
A complete wrap up of the Combined
Scientific Meeting 2011 in Hong Kong.
24 Spotlight on WA
A special report on
anaesthesia and pain
medicine in Western
Australia.
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Cover: The combined scientific meeting
in Hong Kong, May 2011.
42 Ultrasound-guided epidurals
Dr Nico Terblanche explains why he uses
ultrasound for epidurals.
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