1-6
Original articles
A comparison of intravenous-based and epidural-based techniques for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Kohki Nishikawa, Saori Kimura, Yuki Shimodate, Motohiko Igarashi and Akiyoshi Namiki
7-12
Effects of quazepam as a preoperative night hypnotic: comparison with brotizolam
Tomoki Nishiyama, Koichi Yamashita, Takeshi Yokoyama, Akinobu Imoto and Masanobu Manabe
13-18
A history of aggression is a risk factor for postoperative confusion in elderly male drinkers
Akira Kudoh, Hajime Takase, Shinya Matsuno and Hiroshi Katagai
19-23
Propofol reduces the incidence of emergence agitation in preschool-aged children as well as in school-aged children: a comparison with sevoflurane
Shin Nakayama, Hajime Furukawa and Hiromune Yanai
24-30
Pain-relieving effects of intravenous ATP in chronic intractable orofacial pain: an open-label study
Ken-ichi Fukuda, Masakazu Hayashida, Atsuo Fukunaga, Masataka Kasahara and Yoshihiko Koukita, et al.
31-36
Effects of traditional “Juci” (contralateral acupuncture) on orofacial nociceptive behavior in the rat
Kosuke Miura, Tomohiro Ohara, Jorge L Zeredo, Yukio Okada and Kazuo Toda, et al.
37-41
Effects of propofol and ketamine on ATP-induced contraction of the rat trachea
Masakazu Yamaguchi, Osamu Shibata, Masataka Saito, Maki Yoshimura and Kenji Nishioka, et al.
42-46
Electrostatic field can preserve red blood cells in stored blood preparations
Tomoki Nishiyama and Dobun Hayashi
47-54
Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on inflammatory response in oleic acid-induced lung injury and whole-lung lavage-induced lung injury
Koichi Nakazawa, Kuninori Yokoyama, Naoko Yamakawa and Koshi Makita
55-58
Clinical reports
Efficacy of a heat and moisture exchanger in inhalation anesthesia at two different flow rates
Koichi Yamashita, Takeshi Yokoyama, Hidehiro Abe, Tomoki Nishiyama and Masanobu Manabe
59-61
Pneumocephalus during continuous epidural block
Kyomi Kasai and Masami Osawa
62-65
Prolonged cardiac arrest unveiled silent sick sinus syndrome during general and epidural anesthesia
Ryosuke Ishida, Akemi Shido, Tomomune Kishimoto, Shinichi Sakura and Yoji Saito
66-68
Pulmonary atelectasis manifested after induction of anesthesia: a contribution of sinobronchial syndrome?
Ayuko Igarashi, Sumio Amagasa, Shinya Oda and Noriko Yokoo
69-71
Sedation for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in a pregnant patient
Leyla Iyilikci, Mesut Akarsu, Emine Kocaayan and Ömer Topalak
72-75
Anesthetic management of a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) during laparotomy
Nobuko Sasano, Yoshihito Fujita, MinHye So, Kazuya Sobue and Hiroshi Sasano, et al.
76-79
Bilateral tension pneumothoraces following jet ventilation via an airway exchange catheter
Chris Nunn, Joshua Uffman and Sanjay M. Bhananker
80-82
Undiagnosed catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma and coexisting carcinoid in a patient with MH susceptibility: an unusual anesthetic challenge
Jana Hudcova and Roman Schumann
83-85
Short communications
Use of a wire-guided cannula for radial arterial cannulation
Yuki Ohara, Shin Nakayama, Hajime Furukawa, Yasuhiro Satoh and Hiroto Suzuki, et al.
86-89
Effects of magnesium sulfate on neuromuscular function and spontaneous breathing during sevoflurane and spinal anesthesia
Ryohei Serita, Hiroshi Morisaki, Chikako Tanaka, Shizuko Kosugi and Shigeki Sakuraba, et al.
90-93
The outcome of preterm neonates with intraventricular hemorrhage delivered with intravenous meperidine or epidural analgesia
Shmuel Evron, Tiberiu Ezri, Nugzar Rigini, Andre Gomel and Peter Szmuk, et al.
94-98
Comparison of the effects of fentanyl and remifentanil on splanchnic tissue perfusion during cardiac surgery
Nurdan Bedirli, Adem Boyaci, Aynur Akin and Aliye Esmaoglu
99-101
Application of nasal flexible laryngeal mask airway in anesthesia for oral surgery
Hirofumi Arisaka, Masanao Matsumoto, Munetaka Furuya, Shigeki Sakuraba and Kazu-ichi Yoshida
102-105
Miscellaneous
Not all placebos are the same: a debate on the ethics of placebo use in clinical trials versus clinical practice
Alex Cahana and Simone Romagnioli
106-107
Letters to the editor
Recombinant activated factor VII and epsilon aminocaproic acid treatment of a patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia for nasal polipectomy
Berrin Gunaydin, Zerrin Ozkose and Seyda Pezek
108-109
Letters to the editor
Effect of 2.5% sevoflurane, at PaCO2 30 mmHg for epileptic focus resection, on hemodynamics and hepatic and renal functions
Ju Mizuno, Mitsuaki Muroya, Tobias Gauss, Yoshitsugu Yamada and Hideko Arita, et al.
110-111
Letters to the editor
Comparison of continuous intraarterial blood gas analysis and transcutaneous monitoring to measure oxygen partial pressure during one-lung ventilation
Takeshi Umegaki, Osamu Kikuchi, Kiichi Hirota and Takehiko Adachi
112
Letters to the editor
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: with or without anesthesia?
Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski
113
Letters to the editor
Epidural anesthetic management using ropivacaine in a parturient with multi-minicore disease and susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia
Osamu Saito, Tatsuo Yamamoto and Yuko Mizuno
114-115
JA Symposium
Opening remarks
Yuichi Ishibe and Michiaki Yamakage
116-117
Recent advances in strategy for prevention and treatment of lung injury: prevention of ventilator-associated lung injury
Hideaki Imanaka and Muneyuki Takeuchi
118-119
Molecular strategy for alveolar protection in severe ARDS
Naoyuki Matsuda
120-121
Prophylactic and therapeutic approaches to acute lung injury, targeting alveolar epithelial type II cells
Katsuya Mikawa, Kahoru Nishina, Takuyo Misumi, Toshihiro Ando and Hidefumi Obara
122-123
Three-step research strategies for ARDS: new target molecules—ACE2, HMGB1, and HSP47
Hideo Iwasaka
124
Erratum
Mean operating room times differ by 50% among hospitals in different countries for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy
Franklin Dexter, Melinda Davis, Christoph B. Egger Halbeis, Riita Marjamaa and Jean Marty, et al.