237-240
Original articles
Laryngotracheal application of lidocaine spray increases the incidence of postoperative sore throat after total intravenous anesthesia
Koichi Maruyama, Hironori Sakai, Hideki Miyazawa, Kyou Iijima and Naoyuki Toda, et al.
241-249
Changes in respiratory pattern during continuous positive airway pressure in infants after cardiac surgery
Hideaki Imanaka, Muneyuki Takeuchi, Kazuya Tachibana, Yuhji Takauchi and Masaji Nishimura
250-256
Ropivacaine produces sensory blockade in the lumbar sacral region more frequently than mepivacaine in lower thoracic epidural anesthesia
Manzo Suzuki, Kikuzo Sugimoto and Yoichi Shimada
257-261
Dose-finding study of intravenous midazolam for sedation and amnesia during spinal anesthesia in patients premedicated with intramuscular midazolam
Tomoki Nishiyama
262-266
Comparison between a disposable and an electronic PCA device for labor epidural analgesia
Hiroyuki Sumikura, Marc van de Velde and Takeshi Tateda
267-276
Mapping of putative ether-anesthesia resistance gene using C57BL/6J and MSM/Ms mouse strains
Tsuneo Megumi, Chang-Woo Song, Yeong-Gwan Park, Yoshiharu Tanaka and Ichiro Uchida, et al.
277-281
Amsorb Plus and Drägersorb Free, two new-generation carbon dioxide absorbents that produce a low compound A concentration while providing sufficient CO 2 absorption capacity in simulated sevoflurane anesthesia
Shunji Kobayashi, Hiromichi Bito, Koji Morita, Takasumi Katoh and Shigehito Sato
282-291
A rabbit model for evaluation of surgical anesthesia and analgesia: characterization and validation with isoflurane anesthesia and fentanyl analgesia
Masakazu Hayashida, Atsuo Fukunaga, Ken-ichi Fukuda, Shin-ya Yamazaki and Hideko Arita, et al.
292-295
Clinical reports
Long-term pain relief effects in four patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty for metastatic vertebral tumor
Keisuke Yamada, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Masaki Kita, Ken Yamamoto and Takeshi Kobayashi, et al.
296-299
Erythemas caused by electrodes while monitoring neuromuscular blockade: three cases
Kumi Nakamura, Naoko Terasawa, Keisuke Konishi, Atsunari Kino and Izumi Nakanishi, et al.
300-303
Continuous spinal anesthesia and postoperative analgesia for elective cesarean section in a parturient with Eisenmenger’s syndrome
Shigeki Sakuraba, Shuya Kiyama, Ryoichi Ochiai, Shinichi Yamamoto and Tatsuya Yamada, et al.
304-306
Conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm during landiolol infusion
Taku Mayahara, Maria Goto, Mikako Sato, Takeshi Kanazawa and Shinji Isomine, et al.
307-309
Unanticipated hemothorax during general anesthesia
Manzo Suzuki, Toshiichiro Inagi, Yuji Kurihara and Yoichi Shimada
310-312
A case of complex regional pain syndrome type II after transradial coronary intervention
Nobuko Sasano, Takako Tsuda, Hiroshi Sasano, Shoji Ito and Kazuya Sobue, et al.
313-315
Short communications
Expiratory tidal volume displayed on Bird 8400 STi can exceed the preset tidal volume due to cardiogenic oscillation: a lung model study
Hideaki Imanaka, Muneyuki Takeuchi, Kazuya Tachibana and Masaji Nishimura
316-317
Performance of a tonometer for arterial pressure measurement during anesthesia in the elderly
Katsumi Harasawa, Masahiro Yamane, Yuji Morimoto and Osamu Kemmotsu
318-319
Letter to the editor
Intraoperative pneumothrax during retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery
Hiroshi Ozasa, Hiroshi Uchida, Akihiro Moto-oka, Kosaku Toyota and Yoji Saito