Current practice of preoperative fasting: a nationwide survey in Japanese anesthesia-teaching hospitals Nobuaki ShimeAkira OnoYoshifumi Tanaka Original articles Pages: 187 - 192
Determination of the standard value of circulating blood volume during anesthesia using pulse dye-densitometry: a multicenter study in Japan Takehiko IijimaHiroshi UeyamaNaoki Kobayashi OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 198
Pain management after lumbar spinal fusion surgery using continuous subcutaneous infusion of buprenorphine Tomoyuki KawamataYasumitsu SatoAkiyoshi Namiki OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 203
Effect of flumazenil on recovery from sevoflurane anesthesia in children premedicated with oral midazolam before undergoing herniorrhaphy with or without caudal analgesia Hiromi ArakiYoshihiro FujiwaraYasuhiro Shimada OriginalPaper Pages: 204 - 207
Patient-controlled epidural analgesia during labor using ropivacaine and fentanyl provides better maternal satisfaction with less local anesthetic requirement Miwako SaitoToshiyuki OkutomiSumio Hoka OriginalPaper Pages: 208 - 212
Hemodynamic and catecholamine response to a rapid increase in isoflurane or sevoflurane concentration during a maintenance phase of anesthesia in humans Tomoki Nishiyama OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 217
Analgesic effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, acetaminophen, and morphine in a mouse model of bone cancer pain Osamu SaitoTomohiko AoeTatsuo Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 218 - 224
Clinical application of adenosine and ATP for pain control Masakazu HayashidaKen-ichi FukudaAtsuo Fukunaga Review articles Pages: 225 - 235
Heat shock protein 70 and the acute respiratory distress syndrome Zohar BrombergClifford S. DeutschmanYoram G. Weiss OriginalPaper Pages: 236 - 242
Use of the bispectral index during the early postresuscitative phase after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Shigehiro ShibataTsuyoshi ImotaKeiji Enzan Clinical reports Pages: 243 - 246
Unanticipated full stomach at anesthesia induction in a type I diabetic patient with asymptomatic gastroparesis Joho TokumineKazuhiro SugaharaKimiyoshi Satou OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 248
A case of cardiac tamponade following esophageal resection Yoshiaki MizuguchiShinhiro TakedaKeiji Tanaka OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 251
Anesthetic management of a patient with β-thalassemia intermedia undergoing splenectomy: a case report Takeshi KitohSatoshi TanakaTetsutaro Otagiri OriginalPaper Pages: 252 - 256
Effect of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor pretreatment on gas exchange after hydrochloric acid aspiration in rats Yoshiaki TeraoToshiaki NakamuraKoji Sumikawa Short communications Pages: 257 - 259
Comparison of the intracuff pressures of three different tracheostomy tubes Tomoki Nishiyama OriginalPaper Pages: 260 - 262
Opioid receptor stimulation does not affect cellular hypoxia-induced gene responses mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 in cultured cell lines Satoshi TakabuchiKiichi HirotaKazuhiko Fukuda OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 265
A useful method for laryngeal mask insertion Noriaki KanayaJunko KanayaAkiyoshi Namiki Letters to the editor Pages: 266 - 267
Computed tomography fluoroscopy-guided lumbar sympathectomy for a patient with peripheral vascular disease and lumbar spine compression fracture Masataka KurodaShiro KoizukaFumio Goto Letters to the editor Pages: 268 - 269
Prolonged postictal apnea after general anesthesia Ahed ZeidanNazih Nahlé Letters to the editor Pages: 270 - 270
Double gauze bite block for orotracheally intubated patients Yuko KojimaHiroaki InaShigeru Yokota Letters to the editor Pages: 271 - 272
