297-303
Original articles
Heparin anticoagulation in patients undergoing off-pump and on-pump coronary bypass surgery
Kenichi A. Tanaka, Vinod H. Thourani, Willis H. Williams, Peggy G. Duke and Jerrold H. Levy, et al.
304-310
Original articles
Prognostic value of serum myoglobin in patients after cardiac surgery
Denis Hofmann, Marco Buettner, Florian Rissner, Manuela Wahl and Samir G. Sakka
311-316
Original articles
Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in children following adenotonsillectomy, using tropisetron with or without low-dose dexamethasone
Mirjam Liechti, Rita Feurer, Dominique Gross, Achim Schmitz and Katharina Stutz, et al.
317-319
Original articles
Changes in percutaneous oxygen tension induced by spinal anesthesia
Tomoki Nishiyama
320-324
Original articles
Epidural ropivacaine infusion for the treatment of pain following axillary muscle-sparing thoracotomy: a dose-evaluation study
Tetsuya Sakai, Shiro Tomiyasu and Koji Sumikawa
325-329
Original articles
Emulsion of flurbiprofen axetil reduces propofol injection pain due to a decrease in free propofol concentration
Ryusuke Ueki, Masaaki Tanimoto, Tsuneo Tatara, Saburo Tsujimoto and Yoshiroh Kaminoh, et al.
330-335
Original articles
Sevoflurane anesthesia did not affect postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Yuji Kadoi and Fumio Goto
336-339
Original articles
Effects of spinal anesthesia on the peripheral and deep core temperature in elderly diabetic patients undergoing urological surgery
Takashi Suto, Tomonori Takazawa, Koichi Nishikawa and Fumio Goto
340-347
Original articles
Cardiovascular responses to high-frequency oscillatory ventilation during acute lung injury in sheep
Rikimaru Nakagawa, Tomonobu Koizumi, Koichi Ono, Kenji Tsushima and Sumiko Yoshikawa, et al.
348-353
Original articles
Unilateral adrenalectomy attenuates hemorrhagic shock-induced analgesia in rats
Taeko Fukuda, Chikako Nishimoto, Masayuki Miyabe and Hidenori Toyooka
354-360
Original articles
The antiinflammatory effects of propofol in endotoxemic rats during moderate and mild hypothermia
Hiroko Kanakura and Takumi Taniguchi
361-366
Original articles
Inhibitory effect of alprostadil against sevoflurane-induced myometrial relaxation in rats
Yayoi Ohashi, Hiroyuki Sumikura and Takeshi Tateda
367-377
Review articles
Neuroprotection during cardiac surgery
Hilary P. Grocott and Kenji Yoshitani
378-389
Review articles
Role of urotensin II and its receptor in health and disease
John McDonald, Madura Batuwangala and David G. Lambert
390-395
Special article
Anesthetic practice in Japan: past, present, and future
Michiaki Yamakage and Akiyoshi Namiki
396-398
Clinical reports
Anaphylactoid shock in a patient following 5% human serum albumin infusion during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Ayaka Fujita, Masatou Kitayama and Kazuyoshi Hirota
399-402
Clinical reports
Large intrathecal volume: a cause of true failed spinal anesthesia
Joan E. Spiegel and Philip Hess
403-408
Clinical reports
Usefulness of galvanic skin reflex monitor in CT-guided thoracic sympathetic blockade for palmar hyperhidrosis
Hiroyuki Uchino, Seiichi Sasaki, Hitoshi Miura, Go Hirabayashi and Takahisa Nishiyama, et al.
409-412
Clinical reports
The analgesic efficacy of two different approaches to the lumbar plexus for patient-controlled analgesia after total knee replacement
Gülçin Özalp, Menşiure Kaya, Gonca Tuncel, Özgür Canoler and Gülbahar Gülnerman, et al.
413-416
Clinical reports
Ropivacaine-induced toxicity with overdose suspected after axillary brachial plexus block
Yoshinobu Kimura, Yasuhiro Kamada, Akira Kimura and Kaori Orimo
417-419
Clinical reports
Central neurogenic hyperventilation treated with intravenous fentanyl followed by transdermal application
Yushi U. Adachi, Hideki Sano, Matsuyuki Doi and Shigehito Sato
420-423
Clinical reports
Intravenous phentolamine infusion alleviates the pain of abdominal visceral cancer, including pancreatic carcinoma
Masako Yasukawa, Ken'ichi Yasukawa, You Kamiizumi and Ryouji Yokoyama
424-428
Clinical reports
Anesthetic management of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in Japanese patients with morbid obesity
Shinichiro Kira, Hironori Koga, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Naozumi Takeshima and Akira Hasegawa, et al.
429-432
Short communications
Comparison of bicarbonate and base excess values analyzed by four different blood gas analyzers
Katsuhito Nakamaru, Noboru Hatakeyama, Masana Yamada and Mitsuaki Yamazaki
433-435
Short communications
Nitrous oxide increases serotonin release in the rat spinal cord
Kumiko Mukaida, Tsutomu Shichino and Kazuhiko Fukuda
436-438
Short communications
Effects of sevoflurane and/or nitrous oxide on bacterial growth in in vitro culture conditions
Lale Karabiyik, Hülya Türkan, Tahir Özışık, Mehmet Ali Saraçli and Tuncer Haznedaroǧlu
439-441
Short communications
Preoperative epidural fentanyl reduces postoperative pain after upper abdominal surgery
Katsushi Doi, Manami Yamanaka, Atsuko Shono, Noriko Fukuda and Yoji Saito
442-444
Short communications
Hemodynamic and bispectral index changes following skull pin attachment with and without local anesthetic infiltration of the scalp
Parmod Kumar Bithal, Mihir Prakash Pandia, Rajender Singh Chouhan, Deepak Sharma and Hemant Bhagat, et al.
445-446
Letters to the editor
Use of a new videolaryngoscope (Airway Scope) in the management of difficult airway
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi and Norimasa Seo
447
Letters to the editor
The Laerdal infant face mask is useful aid to ventilate a tracheotomized patient
Sumio Amagasa, Ayuko Igarashi and Noriko Yokoo
448
Letters to the editor
Ultrasound observation of the subclavian vein: changes in the diameter with the head tilted down
Makoto Kawano and Kowa Yoshimine
449
Letters to the editor
Thoracic paravertebral block for breast surgery in a patient with myasthenia gravis
Selma Oğuz, Canan Küçük, Erdal Eskiçırak, Ali Akaltan and Neslihan Kuru, et al.