159-165
Original articles
Effects of sivelestat, a new elastase inhibitor, on IL-8 and MCP-1 production from stimulated human alveolar epithelial type II cells
Takuyo Misumi, Takanori Tanaka, Katsuya Mikawa, Kahoru Nishina and Osamu Morikawa, et al.
166-172
Effect of humidifying devices on the measurement of tidal volume by mechanical ventilators
Yasuki Fujita, Hideaki Imanaka, Yuji Fujino, Muneyuki Takeuchi and Toshiji Tomita, et al.
173-178
Nitrous oxide can enhance the hypnotic effect, but not the suppression of spinal motor neuron excitability by propofol in humans
Manabu Kakinohana, Yuji Miyata, Hiroshi Tomiyama and Kazuhiro Sugahara
179-182
Effects of a protease inhibitor, ulinastatin, on coagulation and fibrinolysis in abdominal surgery
Tomoki Nishiyama, Takeshi Yokoyama and Koichi Yamashita
183-187
Effects of landiolol on hemodynamic response and seizure duration during electroconvulsive therapy
Koichi Nomoto, Takashi Suzuki, Kazuyuki Serada, Katsunori Oe and Tatsuya Yoshida, et al.
188-195
Omission of fentanyl during sevoflurane anesthesia decreases the incidences of postoperative nausea and vomiting and accelerates postanesthesia recovery in major breast cancer surgery
Gotaro Shirakami, Yuriko Teratani, Hajime Segawa, Shogo Matsuura and Tsutomu Shichino, et al.
196-201
Increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration is not the only cause of lidocaine-induced cell damage in the cultured neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis
Toshiharu Kasaba, Shin Onizuka, Masatoshi Kashiwada and Mayumi Takasaki
202-207
Effects of dexmedetomidine on cerebral circulation and systemic hemodynamics after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in dogs
Hiroki Iida, Mami Iida, Hiroto Ohata, Tomohiro Michino and Shuji Dohi
208-214
Combined effects of propofol and mild hypothermia on cerebral metabolism and blood flow in rhesus monkey: a positron emission tomography study
Takashi Ouchi, Ryoichi Ochiai, Junzo Takeda, Hideo Tsukada and Takeharu Kakiuchi
215-219
Clinical reports
Pre-anesthetic evaluation can play a crucial role in the determination of airway management in a child with oropharyngeal tumor
Yoshihiro Aoi, Yoshinori Kamiya, Masashi Shioda, Ryosuke Furuya and Yoshitsugu Yamada
220-222
Anesthetic management of bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt in a patient with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum associated with sinusoidal communications
Yoshitaka Kawaraguchi, Akihiro Taniguchi, Tomoko Otomo, Chiharu Ota and Naoko Uchida
223-226
Spinal anesthesia using a continuous spinal catheter for cesarean section in a parturient with prior surgical correction of scoliosis
Toshiyuki Okutomi, Miwako Saito, Makiko Koura and Sumio Hoka
227-230
Anesthetic management of a patient with a history of Batista procedure for dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing gastric surgery
Aki Honda, Tamie Arai, Maki Akiyama, Eriko Masuda and Mizuka Kobayashi, et al.
231-233
Identification of the lumbar intervertebral level using ultrasound imaging in a post-laminectomy patient
Masanori Yamauchi, Eiji Honma, Mitsuko Mimura, Hiroki Yamamoto and Emi Takahashi, et al.
234-236
Repeated dexmedetomidine infusions, a postoperative living-donor liver transplantation patient
Katsuyuki Terajima, Shinhiro Takeda, Nobuhiko Taniai, Keiji Tanaka and Yutaka Oda, et al.
237-239
Postoperative airway obstruction after airway tumor debulking
Dane A. Hassani and Sanjay M. Bhananker
240-242
Short communications
Comparison between neurotropin and mepivacaine for stellate ganglion injection
Tomoki Nishiyama, Takashi Matsukawa and Koichi Yamashita
243-246
Rectal luminal PrCO2, measured by automated air tonometry, does not reflect gastric luminal PrCO2 in children
Markus Weiss, Achim Schmitz, Bettina Salgo and Alexander Dullenkopf
247-250
Hypothermia decreases ethanol MAC in rats
Albert Won, Irene Oh, Robert Brosnan, Edmond I Eger and James M. Sonner
251-252
Letters to the editor
Sciatic nerve palsy after total hip arthroplasty in a patient receiving psoas compartment block for patient-controlled regional analgesia
Gülçin Özalp, Özgür Canoler, Gonca Tuncel, Sanem Turgut and Nihal Kadiogullari
253-254
Use of landiolol in the perioperative management of supraventricular tachycardia
Hiroaki Ito, Kazuya Sobue, MinHye So, Hiroyuki Hirate and Takeshi Sugiura, et al.
255-256
Repetitive acute shock following tracheal extubations after neurosurgery for a cerebellar tumor
Eriko Tanemura, Tatsuhiko Masue, Junko Sugimoto and Shuji Dohi
257
Transient phlebitis and propofol: déjà vu
Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski
258-259
Airway evaluation by CT imaging for cri-du-chat syndrome
Hirofumi Arisaka, Shigeki Sakuraba, Masanao Matsumoto, Homare Kitahama and Munetaka Furuya, et al.