1. Renal toxicity of compound A with sevoflurane anesthesia: The benefits of sevoflurane appear to outweigh the risks

   • Osafumi Yuge

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Predictors of inotropic support during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

   • Hideaki Hayashi
   • Rama Prabhu
   • Yasu Oka

   Original Articles Pages: 3 - 9

3. Effects of fentanyl on cardiovascular response during rapid sequence induction in hypertensive patients

   • Masanori Matsumoto
   • Makoto Fukusaki
   • Koji Sumikawa

   Original Articles Pages: 10 - 13

4. Effects of estazolam as a premedication in mentally retarded patients

   • Yuichi Kanmura
   • Mutumi Kamihashi

   Original Articles Pages: 14 - 17

5. Effects of pretreatment with magnesium on muscle relaxation and cardiovascular responses in tracheal intubation using the priming principle for vecuronium

   • Misuzu Nishiyama
   • Yuzuru Yanbe

   Original Articles Pages: 18 - 21

6. Parasympathetic nervous activity after administration of atropine and neostigmine using heart rate spectral analysis

   • Ken-ichi Iwasaki
   • Hajime Suzuki
   • Kazuyoshi Yajima

   Original Articles Pages: 22 - 26

7. Continuous measurement of oxygen consumption using the reversed fick method

   • Michihiko Fukui
   • Maho Imoto
   • Hideaki Tojo

   Original Articles Pages: 27 - 31

8. Studies of the mechanism of nephrotoxicity of compound A in rats

   • J. L. Martin
   • L. Kandel
   • E. I. Eger II

   Original Articles Pages: 32 - 37

9. Effects of bupivacaine and lidocaine on cardiac function in awake and pentobarbital-anesthetized rats

   • Satoshi Kashimoto
   • Marie-Françoise Doursout
   • Takeshi Oguchi

   Original Articles Pages: 38 - 43

10. Comparative hemodynamic effects of hypotension induced by diadenosine tetraphosphate (AP₄A) and ATP in dogs

    • Shohei Takeda
    • Yutaka Inada
    • Teruaki Tomaru

    Original Articles Pages: 44 - 49

11. Is ventilator-induced lung injury a promoter of multiple organ failure in adult respiratory distress syndrome? The effect of permissive hypercapnia on oxygenation and outcome

    • Keith G. Hickling

    Review Article Pages: 50 - 64

12. Anesthetic management of pediatric patients following fontan operation

    • Akiko Yamashita
    • Yukio Hayashi
    • Masakazu Kuro

    Clinical Reports Pages: 65 - 67

13. Pulmonary embolism after laparoscopy-assisted colectomy

    • Rika Fujii
    • Tetsuo Kochi
    • Atsumi Anbe

    Clinical Reports Pages: 68 - 70

14. Effects of propofol on gravid human uterine muscle

    • Tat-Leang Lee
    • P. Ganesan Adaikan
    • Shan S. Ratnam

    Short Communication Pages: 71 - 74

15. Maxillary bone defect by infraorbital nerve block

    • Akira Masuda
    • Yusuke Ito

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 75 - 76

16. Accidental penetration of a vocal cord by a nasogastric tube

    • Kiyoshi Takemoto
    • Kiyoshi Takeda
    • Hisatoshi Ohsumi

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 77 - 78

17. Air in the brachiocephalic vein after sternotomy

    • Sumio Hoka
    • Tetsuzo Nakayama
    • Shosuke Takahashi

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 79 - 79

18. Pulmonary aspiration during induction of general anesthesia in a postesophagectomy patient

    • Tsunehisa Namba
    • Shin-Ichi Nakao
    • Kenjiro Mori

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 80 - 81