A comparison of intravenous-based and epidural-based techniques for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy Kohki NishikawaSaori KimuraAkiyoshi Namiki Original articles 30 January 2007 Pages: 1 - 6
Effects of quazepam as a preoperative night hypnotic: comparison with brotizolam Tomoki NishiyamaKoichi YamashitaMasanobu Manabe OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 7 - 12
A history of aggression is a risk factor for postoperative confusion in elderly male drinkers Akira KudohHajime TakaseHiroshi Katagai OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 13 - 18
Propofol reduces the incidence of emergence agitation in preschool-aged children as well as in school-aged children: a comparison with sevoflurane Shin NakayamaHajime FurukawaHiromune Yanai OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 19 - 23
Pain-relieving effects of intravenous ATP in chronic intractable orofacial pain: an open-label study Ken-ichi FukudaMasakazu HayashidaYuzuru Kaneko OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 24 - 30
Effects of traditional “Juci” (contralateral acupuncture) on orofacial nociceptive behavior in the rat Kosuke MiuraTomohiro OharaKoji Sumikawa OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 31 - 36
Effects of propofol and ketamine on ATP-induced contraction of the rat trachea Masakazu YamaguchiOsamu ShibataKoji Sumikawa OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 37 - 41
Electrostatic field can preserve red blood cells in stored blood preparations Tomoki NishiyamaDobun Hayashi OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 42 - 46
Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on inflammatory response in oleic acid-induced lung injury and whole-lung lavage-induced lung injury Koichi NakazawaKuninori YokoyamaKoshi Makita OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 47 - 54
Efficacy of a heat and moisture exchanger in inhalation anesthesia at two different flow rates Koichi YamashitaTakeshi YokoyamaMasanobu Manabe Clinical reports 30 January 2007 Pages: 55 - 58
Pneumocephalus during continuous epidural block Kyomi KasaiMasami Osawa OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 59 - 61
Prolonged cardiac arrest unveiled silent sick sinus syndrome during general and epidural anesthesia Ryosuke IshidaAkemi ShidoYoji Saito OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 62 - 65
Pulmonary atelectasis manifested after induction of anesthesia: a contribution of sinobronchial syndrome? Ayuko IgarashiSumio AmagasaNoriko Yokoo OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 66 - 68
Sedation for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in a pregnant patient Leyla IyilikciMesut AkarsuÖmer Topalak OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 69 - 71
Anesthetic management of a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) during laparotomy Nobuko SasanoYoshihito FujitaHirotada Katsuya OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 72 - 75
Bilateral tension pneumothoraces following jet ventilation via an airway exchange catheter Chris NunnJoshua UffmanSanjay M. Bhananker OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 76 - 79
Undiagnosed catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma and coexisting carcinoid in a patient with MH susceptibility: an unusual anesthetic challenge Jana HudcovaRoman Schumann OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 80 - 82
Use of a wire-guided cannula for radial arterial cannulation Yuki OharaShin NakayamaHiromune Yanai Short communications 30 January 2007 Pages: 83 - 85
Effects of magnesium sulfate on neuromuscular function and spontaneous breathing during sevoflurane and spinal anesthesia Ryohei SeritaHiroshi MorisakiJunzo Takeda OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 86 - 89
The outcome of preterm neonates with intraventricular hemorrhage delivered with intravenous meperidine or epidural analgesia Shmuel EvronTiberiu EzriDavid Kohelet OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 90 - 93
Comparison of the effects of fentanyl and remifentanil on splanchnic tissue perfusion during cardiac surgery Nurdan BedirliAdem BoyaciAliye Esmaoglu OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 94 - 98
Application of nasal flexible laryngeal mask airway in anesthesia for oral surgery Hirofumi ArisakaMasanao MatsumotoKazu-ichi Yoshida OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 99 - 101
Not all placebos are the same: a debate on the ethics of placebo use in clinical trials versus clinical practice Alex CahanaSimone Romagnioli Miscellaneous 30 January 2007 Pages: 102 - 105
Recombinant activated factor VII and epsilon aminocaproic acid treatment of a patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia for nasal polipectomy Berrin GunaydinZerrin OzkoseSeyda Pezek Letters to the editor 30 January 2007 Pages: 106 - 107
Effect of 2.5% sevoflurane, at PaCO 2 30 mmHg for epileptic focus resection, on hemodynamics and hepatic and renal functions Ju MizunoMitsuaki MuroyaKazuo Hanaoka Letters to the editor 30 January 2007 Pages: 108 - 109
Comparison of continuous intraarterial blood gas analysis and transcutaneous monitoring to measure oxygen partial pressure during one-lung ventilation Takeshi UmegakiOsamu KikuchiTakehiko Adachi Letters to the editor 30 January 2007 Pages: 110 - 111
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: with or without anesthesia? Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski Letters to the editor 30 January 2007 Pages: 112 - 112
Epidural anesthetic management using ropivacaine in a parturient with multi-minicore disease and susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia Osamu SaitoTatsuo YamamotoYuko Mizuno Letters to the editor 30 January 2007 Pages: 113 - 113
Recent advances in strategy for prevention and treatment of lung injury: prevention of ventilator-associated lung injury Hideaki ImanakaMuneyuki Takeuchi OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 116 - 117
Molecular strategy for alveolar protection in severe ARDS Naoyuki Matsuda OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 118 - 119
Prophylactic and therapeutic approaches to acute lung injury, targeting alveolar epithelial type II cells Katsuya MikawaKahoru NishinaHidefumi Obara OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 120 - 121
Three-step research strategies for ARDS: new target molecules—ACE2, HMGB1, and HSP47 Hideo Iwasaka OriginalPaper 30 January 2007 Pages: 122 - 123
Mean operating room times differ by 50% among hospitals in different countries for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy Franklin DexterMelinda DavisMichael Vigoda Erratum 30 January 2007 Pages: 124 - 124