1-6
Original Articles
Anatomical features of the right internal jugular vein in infants and young children undergoing heart surgery for congenital disease: comparison between cyanotic and noncyanotic patients
Yuji Morimoto, Kenjiro Hisano, Koichi Takita and Toshikazu Hashimoto
7-12
Original Articles
The effect of heat-moisture exchanger and closed-circuit technique on airway climate during desflurane anesthesia
Chih-Cherng Lu, Shung-Tai Ho, Wen-Jinn Liaw, Ruei-Ming Chen and Ta-Liang Chen, et al.
13-20
Original Articles
The degree of newly emerging mitral regurgitation during off-pump coronary artery bypass is predicted by preoperative left ventricular function
Toshimasa Akazawa, Hirotaka Iizuka, Miyuki Aizawa, Kengo Warabi and Masayuki Ohshima, et al.
21-26
Original Articles
High concentrations of landiolol, a β1-adrenoceptor antagonist, stimulate smooth muscle contraction of the rat trachea through the Rho-kinase pathway
Osamu Shibata, Kenji Nishioka, Masakazu Yamaguchi, Tetsuji Makita and Koji Sumikawa
27-31
Original Articles
Olprinone decreases elevated concentrations of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 in septic rats
Hiroshi Miyakawa, Shinichiro Kira, Kentaro Okuda, Naozumi Takeshima and Masakazu Mori, et al.
32-37
Original Articles
Effects of delta-opioid agonist SNC80 on white matter injury following spinal cord ischemia in normothermic and mildly hypothermic rats
Toshinori Horiuchi, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Naoko Kurita, Satoki Inoue and Takanori Sakamoto, et al.
38-48
Review Article
Management of the difficult and failed airway in obstetric anesthesia
Gurinder M. Vasdev, Barry A. Harrison, Mark T. Keegan and Christopher M. Burkle
49-51
Clinical Reports
Hydrocortisone improves somnolence without hypotension in the postpartum period
Nada Usta-Makkaoui, Timothy L. Lacy and Neil Roy Connelly
52-54
Clinical Reports
An unusual case of airway obstruction at the tip of an endotracheal tube caused by insertion of a nasogastric tube
Kozue Kubo, Shinichi Nakao, Yasuyo Kawabata, Hiroji Nishimae and Shinya Masuko, et al.
55-58
Clinical Reports
Maternal satisfaction with single-dose spinal analgesia for labor pain in Indonesia: a landmark study
Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski and Susilo Chandra
59-60
Clinical Reports
Severe systemic hypotension during repair of leaking large meningomyelocele
Shahnaz Afroza, Zulfiqar Ali and Hemanshu Prabhakar
61-63
Clinical Reports
Calcineurin-inhibitor-induced pain syndrome after bone marrow transplantation
Yukiko Noda, Kenji Kodama, Tetsujiro Yasuda and Shosuke Takahashi
64-69
Clinical Reports
Clinical role and efficacy of landiolol in the intensive care unit
Yuko Yoshida, Katsuyuki Terajima, Chiyo Sato, Shinji Akada and Yasuo Miyagi, et al.
70-73
Clinical Reports
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility diagnosed with a family-specific ryanodine receptor gene type 1 mutation
Takahiro Tanabe, Makoto Fukusaki, Yoshiaki Terao, Kazunori Yamashita and Koji Sumikawa, et al.
74-76
Clinical Reports
Severe hyperglycemic shock associated with hepatic portal venous gas
Kohki Nishikawa, Misako Higuchi, Saori Kimura, Yuki Shimodate and Akiyoshi Namiki
77-80
Clinical Reports
Acute pulmonary capillary leak syndrome during elective surgery under general anesthesia
Susumu Ohmi, Tetsuhiro Takei, Kenichiro Habuka and Yoshihiko Watanabe
81-85
Clinical Reports
Airway Scope: early clinical experience in 405 patients
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi and Norimasa Seo
86-88
Clinical Reports
Aminophylline reversal of prolonged postoperative sedation induced by propofol
Satoru Sakurai, Atsuo Fukunaga, Kenichi Fukuda, Masataka Kasahara and Tatsuya Ichinohe, et al.
89-92
Short Communications
Recovery of neuromuscular blockade caused by vecuronium is delayed in patients with hypertriglyceridemia
Yuhji Saitoh, Tsutomu Oshima and Yoshinori Nakata
93-95
Short Communications
Anesthetic management of two cases of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Yoshinobu Kimura, Yasuhiro Kamada and Saori Kimura
96-99
Short Communications
Membrane effect of lidocaine is inhibited by interaction with peroxynitrite
Takahiro Ueno, Maki Mizogami, Ko Takakura and Hironori Tsuchiya
100-101
Letters to the Editor
Cardiovascular responses to tracheal intubation with the Airway Scope (Pentax-AWS)
Akihiro Suzuki, Yuki Toyama, Norifumi Katsumi, Takayuki Kunisawa and John J. Henderson, et al.
102-103
Letters to the Editor
Intrabronchial misplacement of a thermal probe in a patient with a tracheal tube
Takashi Suzuki, Yuki Kobayashi and Kazuyuki Serada
104
Letters to the Editor
Intraoperative occurrence of bradyarrhythmia in a patient with asymptomatic bifascicular block
Yoshiharu Sato, Takashi Horiguchi and Toshiaki Nishikawa