Changes in hemodynamic variables and catecholamine levels after rapid increase in sevoflurane or isoflurane concentration with or without nitrous oxide under endotracheal intubation Zen'ichiro WajimaTetsuo InoueRyo Ogawa Original articles Pages: 175 - 179
Unanswered and uncounted items of the illness behavior questionnaire count: a comparison between patients who answered all the items in the questionnaire and those who left one or more items unanswered in a pain management program Hidetoshi SatoToshihiko MarutaTadahide Totoki Pages: 180 - 186
Pentobarbital and ketamine suppress serum concentrations of sex hormones in the female rat Chang Joo LeeByung-Rok DoYong-Dal Yoon Pages: 187 - 190
A comparison between low-flow leak test and oxygen flush leak test Joho TokumineHiroshi IhaTsutomu Shimabukuro Pages: 191 - 193
The combination of hemodilution and controlled hypotension: physiology and clinical application Makoto FukusakiKoji Sumikawa Review Pages: 194 - 203
Ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysms during treatment of tetanus: a case report Shinji TakahashiNaoki MatsumiyaHidenori Toyooka Clinical reports Pages: 204 - 206
Variant form of stiff-man syndrome with neck pain: report of a case treated with muscle afferent block Yuka MoriKoji KawaiMotoharu Kawai Pages: 207 - 210
Anesthesia for correction of esophageal stricture in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa: a case report Zerrìn ÖzköseHülya ÇelebìBìllur Altuntaş Pages: 211 - 213
Anesthetic management of a child with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome for cervical dermoid cyst excision Füsun BozkirliBerrin GünaydinDidem Tuba Akçali Pages: 214 - 215
Postoperative left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy possibly caused by coincidental swelling of the metastatic mediastinal lymph node Takayuki KitamuraYoshitsugu YamadaKazuo Hanaoka Pages: 216 - 217
Subarachnoid venous hemorrhage in a patient with retrograde cerebral perfusion during surgery for a thoracic aortic aneurysm Ryusuke UekiRyu OkutaniHideki Yao Pages: 218 - 220
Gastric tube guide-equipped laryngeal mask airway Joho TokumineHiroshi IhaKouji Teruya Short communications Pages: 221 - 223
Estimation of spread of lumbar or lower thoracic epidural anesthesia by a simple equation Hiroshi IwamaHiroshi OhmizoToshikazu Kaneko Pages: 224 - 225
A Bullard laryngoscope holder for bedside use Toshihiko TadaSumio AmagasaHideo Horikawa Letters to the editor Pages: 226 - 226
Limited spread of spinal anesthesia using a hyperbaric local anesthetic in older patients Hiroshi IwamaSatoshi Ohmori Pages: 227 - 228