1. Endothelium, nitric oxide, and anesthetics

   • Koh Shingu

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Vital capacity induction with 8% sevoflurane and N₂O causes cerebral hyperemia

   • Kanako Iwasaki
   • Yukiko Nomoto
   • Ryo Ogawa

   Original articles Pages: 3 - 7

3. Survey of anesthesia practice in spine surgery patients in the United States

   • Jordan Blinder
   • Mervat El-Mansouri
   • Neil Roy Connelly

   Pages: 8 - 12

4. Effects of halothane and isoflurane on acetylcholine-induced, endothelium-dependent vasodilation in perfused rat mesenteric arterial beds

   • Yoshi Tsukiyama
   • Hiroshi Iranami
   • Yoshio Hatano

   Pages: 13 - 21

5. Hypotension associated with systemic aggregated anaphylaxis is not attenuated by a selective endothelin-A receptor antagonist, BQ 610, in rabbits in vivo

   • Takayuki Kawakami
   • Hiromasa Mitsuhata
   • Norimasa Seo

   Pages: 22 - 29

6. Recent advances in obstetric anesthesia

   • Rachel Farragher
   • Sanjay Datta

   Review article Pages: 30 - 41

7. One hundred years of Nobel Prizes and 150 years of anesthesiology

   • Sten G. E. Lindahl

   Special article Pages: 42 - 45

8. Acute airway obstruction secondary to retropharyngeal hematoma

   • Tohru Shiratori
   • Katsumi Hara
   • Naomi Ando

   Clinical reports Pages: 46 - 48

9. Perioperative management of lobectomy in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy treated with dual-chamber pacing

   • Sumio Amagasa
   • Shinya Oda
   • Hideo Horikawa

   Pages: 49 - 54

10. Seizure induced by a small dose of fentanyl

    • Takahiro Fujimoto
    • Tomoki Nishiyama
    • Kazuo Hanaoka

    Pages: 55 - 56

11. Postherpetic neuralgia as a risk factor for classic heatstroke

    • Hiroshi Sekiyama
    • Toshinobu Sumida
    • Kazuo Hanaoka

    Pages: 57 - 58

12. Modified insertion technique of the laryngeal mask airway in children: a comparison with standard technique

    • Sayo Nagai
    • Yoshimi Inagaki
    • Yuichi Ishibe

    Pages: 59 - 61

13. Epidural spinal cord stimulation for neurogenic bladder

    • Tasuku Wainai
    • Norimasa Seo
    • Masaaki Sato

    Pages: 62 - 64

14. Baroreflex sensitivity and hemodynamic changes in elderly and young patients during propofol anesthesia

    • Tadahiko Ishiyama
    • Takeshi Oguchi
    • Teruo Kumazawa

    Pages: 65 - 67

15. Effect of infraorbital nerve block under general anesthesia on consumption of isoflurane and postoperative pain in endoscopic endonasal maxillary sinus surgery by Higashizawa and Koga

    • Hasan Yasan
    • Harun Dogğru

    Letters to the editor Pages: 68 - 68

16. Effect of infraorbital nerve block under general anesthesia on consumption of isoflurane and postoperative pain in endoscopic endonasal maxillary sinus surgery by Higashizawa and Koga

    • Tomoaki Higashizawa

    Letters to the editor Pages: 69 - 69

17. Usefulness of ultrasonic two-way Doppler flow detector in percutaneous arterial puncture in patients with hemorrhagic shock

    • Toshihiko Tada
    • Sumio Amagasa
    • Hideo Horikawa

    Pages: 70 - 71

18. A minimally invasive technique for aggressively monitoring high-risk patients undergoing low-risk surgical procedures that do not require endotracheal intubation

    • Andres Falabella
    • Michael W. Lew

    Pages: 72 - 73

19. Pulse Oximetry, 2nd ed., by JTB Moyle (BMJ, London, UK, 2002. 174 pp. £19.95. ISBN 0-7279-1740-4)

    • Kunio Suwa

    Book reviews Pages: 74 - 74

20. Notable Names in Anaesthesia, edited by J. Roger Maltby (Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK, 2002. 240 pp. £19.50. ISBN 1-85315-512-8)

    • Akitomo Matsuki

    Pages: 75 - 76