Addition of epinephrine to intrathecal tetracaine augments depression of the bispectral index during intraoperative propofol sedation Toshu YotsuiAkira KitamuraRyo Ogawa Original articles Pages: 147 - 150
A comparison of postoperative sore throat after use of laryngeal mask airway and tracheal tube Etsuko MizutamariToshiyuki YanoHidenori Terasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157
Efficacy of prophylactic intravenous granisetron in postoperative emesis in adults Kazuo HanaokaHidenori ToyookaThe Granisetron Study Group of Japan* OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 165
Safety and beneficial effect on body core temperature of a prewarmed plasma substitute—hydroxyethyl starch—during anesthesia Michiaki YamakageHideaki SasakiAkiyoshi Namiki OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 171
Duration of vecuronium-induced neuromuscular block can be predicted by change of skin temperature over the thenar muscles Takahiro SuzukiOsamu KitajimaSetsuro Ogawa OriginalPaper Pages: 172 - 176
Systemic ATP infusion improves spontaneous pain and tactile allodynia, but not tactile hypesthesia, in patients with postherpetic neuralgia Michiru MoriyamaAkira KitamuraRyo Ogawa OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 180
A comparison of the absolute amplitude of motor evoked potentials among groups of patients with various concentrations of nitrous oxide Takayuki KunisawaOsamu NagataMakoto Ozaki OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 184
Effects of oral atenolol on volatile anesthetic induction with sevoflurane in adults Michiaki YamakageHideaki SasakiAkiyoshi Namiki OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 189
Addition of noradrenaline to intrathecal morphine augments the postoperative suppression of natural killer cell activity Tetsuya YokotaKiyoshi UeharaYukiko Nomoto OriginalPaper Pages: 190 - 195
KB-R9032, newly developed Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor, attenuates reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in isolated perfused rat heart Minoru OnoMasato NakamuraYoshihisa Koga OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 202
The volatile anesthetics halothane and isoflurane differentially modulate proinflammatory cytokine-induced p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation Tatsuya ItohKiichi HirotaKazuhiko Fukuda OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 209
JTV-506, a new KATP channel opener, relaxes pulmonary artery isolated from monocrotaline-treated pulmonary hypertensive rats Yohsuke TsutsumiTetsuji MakitaKoji Sumikawa OriginalPaper Pages: 210 - 215
Changes in plasma total and ionized magnesium concentrations and factors affecting magnesium concentrations during cardiac surgery Soichiro InoueSatoshi AkazawaNorimasa Seo Clinical reports Pages: 216 - 219
Anesthetic management of a patient undergoing cardioverter defibrillator implantation: usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography and near infrared spectroscopy Yuka JinnouchiShinji KawahitoShuzo Oshita OriginalPaper Pages: 220 - 223
Acute thrombus formation in the left atrium after the termination of warfarin Yuji KadoiMasashi SakaguchiFumio Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 224 - 227
Isoflurane increases, but sevoflurane decreases blood concentrations of melatonin in women Young-Chang P. AraiWasa UedaMasanobu Manabe OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 231
Changes in femoral vein blood flow velocity by intermittent pneumatic compression: calf compression device versus plantar-calf sequential compression device Hiroshi IwamaShinju ObaraHiroshi Ohmizo Short communications Pages: 232 - 233
Relationship between symptoms of ischemic heart disease and upper abdominal digestive organ disease Masato SekiguchiTakanori Murayama OriginalPaper Pages: 234 - 235
