1. Early neuropsychological dysfunction in elderly high-risk patients after on-pump and off-pump coronary bypass surgery

   • Tomoko Baba
   • Tomoko Goto
   • Takaaki Koshiji

   Original articles 01 November 2007 Pages: 452 - 458

2. Incidence of embolic events during acetabular prosthesis insertion in total hip arthroplasty, and effect of intramedullary decompression in preventing embolism: higher risk of embolism with one-piece type prosthesis

   • Masaki Takashina
   • Hiroshi Ueyama
   • Takashi Mashimo

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 459 - 466

3. The skin-traction method increases the cross-sectional area of the internal jugular vein by increasing its anteroposterior diameter

   • Masato Morita
   • Hiroshi Sasano
   • Hirotada Katsuya

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 467 - 471

4. Effects of intracellular MgADP and acidification on the inhibition of cardiac sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive potassium channels by propofol

   • Hirohide Yamada
   • Takashi Kawano
   • Shuzo Oshita

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 472 - 479

5. Cardioprotective effect and mechanism of action of landiolol on the ischemic reperfused heart

   • Saori Kimura-Kurosawa
   • Noriaki Kanaya
   • Akiyoshi Namiki

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 480 - 489

6. Considerations for general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia in a patient with stiff-person syndrome

   • Katsumi Yamamoto
   • Koji Hara
   • Takeyoshi Sata

   Clinical reports 01 November 2007 Pages: 490 - 492

7. General anesthesia and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency

   • Hamilton Shay
   • Robert J. Frumento
   • Alexandra Bastien

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 493 - 496

8. Steroid replacement therapy for severe heart failure after Norwood procedure

   • Hitoshi Inafuku
   • Muneyuki Takeuchi
   • Hideaki Imanaka

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 497 - 499

9. Anesthetic management for subtotal gastrectomy in a patient with paramyotonia congenita

   • Toru Kaneda
   • Michiyo Iwahashi
   • Toshiyasu Suzuki

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 500 - 503

10. Anesthetic management of simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting and cardiac pheochromocytoma resection under cardiopulmonary bypass

    • Yuko Kojima
    • Hiroto Kitahara
    • Shigeru Yokota

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 504 - 506

11. The use of droperidol decreases postoperative nausea and vomiting after gynecological laparoscopy

    • Hiroaki Mitsunari
    • Eri Ashikari
    • Kumiko Tanaka

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 507 - 509

12. Effect of narcotic pretreatment on pain after rocuronium injection: a randomized, double-blind controlled comparison with lidocaine

    • Mukta Singh
    • Himanshu Chauhan
    • Hari H. Dash

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 510 - 512

13. Pulmonary hypertension due to unknown causes in liver resection

    • Junji Egawa
    • Satoki Inoue
    • Hitoshi Furuya

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 513 - 515

14. Infusion rate of propofol and jugular venous oxygen saturation

    • Yasunori Haranishi
    • Yasuhiro Kuroda
    • Kaori Yoshitomi

    Short communication 01 November 2007 Pages: 516 - 518

15. Safe intubation with a gum-elastic bougie in a patient with Forestier's disease

    • Maiko Satomoto
    • Yushi U. Adachi
    • Shigehito Sato

    Letters to the editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 519 - 520

16. Impression of the Conference for Promotion of International Collaborative Clinical Research, Beppu, January 13, 2007

    • Michiaki Yamakage
    • Atsushi Miyamoto

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 521 - 522

17. Acute aortic dissection detected by transesophageal echocardiography during abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy

    • Masahiro Gamo
    • Masami Goto
    • Yoshifumi Hirose

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 523 - 524

18. Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a patient with Takayasu arteritis complicated by heart failure

    • Junichi Ogata
    • Takafumi Horishita
    • Kouichiro Minami

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 525 - 526

19. Anesthetic management of electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with a known history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

    • Naoko Kato
    • Yusuke Asakura
    • Toru Komatsu

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 527 - 528

20. Awake intubation using the Airway Scope

    • Yoshihiro Hirabayashi
    • Norimasa Seo

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 529 - 530

21. Opening remarks

    • Kazuyoshi Hirota
    • Katsuo Terui

    JA Symposium 01 November 2007 Pages: 531 - 532

22. Research on local anesthetic neurotoxicity using intrathecal and epidural rat models

    • Shinichi Sakura

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 533 - 534

23. Neurotoxicity of local anesthetics: effects on growing neurites and growth cones

    • Shigeru Saito

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 535 - 537

24. Neurotoxicity of local anesthetics shown by morphological changes and changes in intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration in cultured neurons of Lymnaea stagnalis

    • Toshiharu Kasaba

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 538 - 539

25. Neurotoxicity of intrathecal local anesthetics

    • Tamie Arai
    • Sumio Hoka

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 540 - 541