Effects of sivelestat, a new elastase inhibitor, on IL-8 and MCP-1 production from stimulated human alveolar epithelial type II cells Takuyo MisumiTakanori TanakaHidefumi Obara Original articles Pages: 159 - 165
Effect of humidifying devices on the measurement of tidal volume by mechanical ventilators Yasuki FujitaHideaki ImanakaMasaji Nishimura OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 172
Nitrous oxide can enhance the hypnotic effect, but not the suppression of spinal motor neuron excitability by propofol in humans Manabu KakinohanaYuji MiyataKazuhiro Sugahara OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 178
Effects of a protease inhibitor, ulinastatin, on coagulation and fibrinolysis in abdominal surgery Tomoki NishiyamaTakeshi YokoyamaKoichi Yamashita OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 182
Effects of landiolol on hemodynamic response and seizure duration during electroconvulsive therapy Koichi NomotoTakashi SuzukiSayoko Yamada OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 187
Omission of fentanyl during sevoflurane anesthesia decreases the incidences of postoperative nausea and vomiting and accelerates postanesthesia recovery in major breast cancer surgery Gotaro ShirakamiYuriko TerataniKazuhiko Fukuda OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 195
Increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration is not the only cause of lidocaine-induced cell damage in the cultured neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis Toshiharu KasabaShin OnizukaMayumi Takasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 201
Effects of dexmedetomidine on cerebral circulation and systemic hemodynamics after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in dogs Hiroki IidaMami IidaShuji Dohi OriginalPaper Pages: 202 - 207
Combined effects of propofol and mild hypothermia on cerebral metabolism and blood flow in rhesus monkey: a positron emission tomography study Takashi OuchiRyoichi OchiaiTakeharu Kakiuchi OriginalPaper Pages: 208 - 214
Pre-anesthetic evaluation can play a crucial role in the determination of airway management in a child with oropharyngeal tumor Yoshihiro AoiYoshinori KamiyaYoshitsugu Yamada Clinical reports Pages: 215 - 219
Anesthetic management of bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt in a patient with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum associated with sinusoidal communications Yoshitaka KawaraguchiAkihiro TaniguchiNaoko Uchida OriginalPaper Pages: 220 - 222
Spinal anesthesia using a continuous spinal catheter for cesarean section in a parturient with prior surgical correction of scoliosis Toshiyuki OkutomiMiwako SaitoSumio Hoka OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 226
Anesthetic management of a patient with a history of Batista procedure for dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing gastric surgery Aki HondaTamie AraiSumio Hoka OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 230
Identification of the lumbar intervertebral level using ultrasound imaging in a post-laminectomy patient Masanori YamauchiEiji HonmaAkiyoshi Namiki OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 233
Repeated dexmedetomidine infusions, a postoperative living-donor liver transplantation patient Katsuyuki TerajimaShinhiro TakedaAtsuhiro Sakamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 234 - 236
Postoperative airway obstruction after airway tumor debulking Dane A. HassaniSanjay M. Bhananker OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 239
Comparison between neurotropin and mepivacaine for stellate ganglion injection Tomoki NishiyamaTakashi MatsukawaKoichi Yamashita Short communications Pages: 240 - 242
Rectal luminal PrCO 2, measured by automated air tonometry, does not reflect gastric luminal PrCO 2 in children Markus WeissAchim SchmitzAlexander Dullenkopf OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 246
Hypothermia decreases ethanol MAC in rats Albert WonIrene OhJames M. Sonner OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 250
Sciatic nerve palsy after total hip arthroplasty in a patient receiving psoas compartment block for patient-controlled regional analgesia Gülçin ÖzalpÖzgür CanolerNihal Kadiogullari Letters to the editor Pages: 251 - 252
Use of landiolol in the perioperative management of supraventricular tachycardia Hiroaki ItoKazuya SobueHirotada Katsuya OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 254
Repetitive acute shock following tracheal extubations after neurosurgery for a cerebellar tumor Eriko TanemuraTatsuhiko MasueShuji Dohi OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 256
Airway evaluation by CT imaging for cri-du-chat syndrome Hirofumi ArisakaShigeki SakurabaJunzo Takeda OriginalPaper Pages: 258 - 259