1. Addition of epinephrine to intrathecal tetracaine augments depression of the bispectral index during intraoperative propofol sedation

   • Toshu Yotsui
   • Akira Kitamura
   • Ryo Ogawa

   Original articles Pages: 147 - 150

2. A comparison of postoperative sore throat after use of laryngeal mask airway and tracheal tube

   • Etsuko Mizutamari
   • Toshiyuki Yano
   • Hidenori Terasaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157

3. Efficacy of prophylactic intravenous granisetron in postoperative emesis in adults

   • Kazuo Hanaoka
   • Hidenori Toyooka
   • The Granisetron Study Group of Japan*

   OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 165

4. Safety and beneficial effect on body core temperature of a prewarmed plasma substitute—hydroxyethyl starch—during anesthesia

   • Michiaki Yamakage
   • Hideaki Sasaki
   • Akiyoshi Namiki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 171

5. Duration of vecuronium-induced neuromuscular block can be predicted by change of skin temperature over the thenar muscles

   • Takahiro Suzuki
   • Osamu Kitajima
   • Setsuro Ogawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 172 - 176

6. Systemic ATP infusion improves spontaneous pain and tactile allodynia, but not tactile hypesthesia, in patients with postherpetic neuralgia

   • Michiru Moriyama
   • Akira Kitamura
   • Ryo Ogawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 180

7. A comparison of the absolute amplitude of motor evoked potentials among groups of patients with various concentrations of nitrous oxide

   • Takayuki Kunisawa
   • Osamu Nagata
   • Makoto Ozaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 184

8. Effects of oral atenolol on volatile anesthetic induction with sevoflurane in adults

   • Michiaki Yamakage
   • Hideaki Sasaki
   • Akiyoshi Namiki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 189

9. Addition of noradrenaline to intrathecal morphine augments the postoperative suppression of natural killer cell activity

   • Tetsuya Yokota
   • Kiyoshi Uehara
   • Yukiko Nomoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 190 - 195

10. KB-R9032, newly developed Na⁺/H⁺ exchange inhibitor, attenuates reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in isolated perfused rat heart

    • Minoru Ono
    • Masato Nakamura
    • Yoshihisa Koga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 202

11. The volatile anesthetics halothane and isoflurane differentially modulate proinflammatory cytokine-induced p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation

    • Tatsuya Itoh
    • Kiichi Hirota
    • Kazuhiko Fukuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 209

12. JTV-506, a new K_ATP channel opener, relaxes pulmonary artery isolated from monocrotaline-treated pulmonary hypertensive rats

    • Yohsuke Tsutsumi
    • Tetsuji Makita
    • Koji Sumikawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 210 - 215

13. Changes in plasma total and ionized magnesium concentrations and factors affecting magnesium concentrations during cardiac surgery

    • Soichiro Inoue
    • Satoshi Akazawa
    • Norimasa Seo

    Clinical reports Pages: 216 - 219

14. Anesthetic management of a patient undergoing cardioverter defibrillator implantation: usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography and near infrared spectroscopy

    • Yuka Jinnouchi
    • Shinji Kawahito
    • Shuzo Oshita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 220 - 223

15. Acute thrombus formation in the left atrium after the termination of warfarin

    • Yuji Kadoi
    • Masashi Sakaguchi
    • Fumio Goto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 224 - 227

16. Isoflurane increases, but sevoflurane decreases blood concentrations of melatonin in women

    • Young-Chang P. Arai
    • Wasa Ueda
    • Masanobu Manabe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 231

17. Changes in femoral vein blood flow velocity by intermittent pneumatic compression: calf compression device versus plantar-calf sequential compression device

    • Hiroshi Iwama
    • Shinju Obara
    • Hiroshi Ohmizo

    Short communications Pages: 232 - 233

18. Relationship between symptoms of ischemic heart disease and upper abdominal digestive organ disease

    • Masato Sekiguchi
    • Takanori Murayama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 234 - 235