1. Effects of four volatile anesthesics on postanesthetic ventilation: a comparison of halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane

   • Yoshimi Inagaki
   • Chikara Tashiro
   • Ikuto Yoshiya

   Original Articles Pages: 99 - 104

2. Comparison of renal function under deliberate hypotension during epidural plus light-enflurane anesthesia and during enflurane anesthesia

   • Naoto Nagata
   • Mayumi Takasaki
   • Naoto Minamino

   Original Articles Pages: 105 - 110

3. Lipid peroxide and leukotriene B₃ production in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Takae Kawamura
   • Hirohumi Sakurada
   • Hironobu Ito

   Original Articles Pages: 111 - 114

4. Glucose tolerance in elderly patients does not deteriorate during anesthesia and surgical stress

   • Shiu-Lan Den

   Original Articles Pages: 115 - 119

5. Effect of high-frequency jet ventilation on heart rate variability

   • Junken Koh
   • Masahide Shinzawa
   • Yoshihiro Kosaka

   Original Articles Pages: 120 - 124

6. Inhalational induction with isoflurane: the influence of lidocaine pretreatment

   • K. F. Cheong
   • S. T. Khoo

   Original Articles Pages: 125 - 128

7. Sevoflurane anesthesia maintains reflex tachycardia on position change from supine recumbent to head-up tilt

   • Hitoshi Adachi

   Original Articles Pages: 129 - 132

8. Velocity measurements with a new ultrasonic Doppler method independent of angle of incidence

   • Shigeru Akamatsu
   • Yuji Kondo
   • Shuji Dohi

   Original Articles Pages: 133 - 139

9. Experimental study of efficacy and optimal dose of intraoperative glucose in rabbits under general anesthesia

   • Hideki Kamuro
   • Hideto Kodaira
   • Ryo Ogawa

   Original Articles Pages: 140 - 143

10. Anesthetic problems in a child with Waardenburg's syndrome and Hirschsprung's disease

    • Akio Mizushima
    • Ken'ichiro Nitami
    • Takeshi Miyano

    Clinical Reports Pages: 144 - 146

11. Paradoxical air embolism detected by transesophageal echocardiography during hepatic resection

    • Susumu Tokunaga
    • Tetsuo Kochi
    • Fumiko Ishibashi

    Clinical Reports Pages: 147 - 150

12. Difficulty in the removal of both nasogastric and endotracheal tubes: report of a case

    • Hiroshi Dohgomori
    • Haruhiko Yamada
    • Nozomu Yoshimura

    Short Communication Pages: 151 - 152

13. Unusual vaporizer design may encourage irregular practices

    • Prabhat Tewari
    • S. Kaushik
    • M. Aurora

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 153 - 154

14. In reply

    • Makoto Hiruma

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 155 - 155

15. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 156 - 156