1. Laryngotracheal application of lidocaine spray increases the incidence of postoperative sore throat after total intravenous anesthesia

   • Koichi Maruyama
   • Hironori Sakai
   • Katsumi Hara

   Original articles Pages: 237 - 240

2. Changes in respiratory pattern during continuous positive airway pressure in infants after cardiac surgery

   • Hideaki Imanaka
   • Muneyuki Takeuchi
   • Masaji Nishimura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 249

3. Ropivacaine produces sensory blockade in the lumbar sacral region more frequently than mepivacaine in lower thoracic epidural anesthesia

   • Manzo Suzuki
   • Kikuzo Sugimoto
   • Yoichi Shimada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 250 - 256

4. Dose-finding study of intravenous midazolam for sedation and amnesia during spinal anesthesia in patients premedicated with intramuscular midazolam

   • Tomoki Nishiyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 261

5. Comparison between a disposable and an electronic PCA device for labor epidural analgesia

   • Hiroyuki Sumikura
   • Marc van de Velde
   • Takeshi Tateda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 262 - 266

6. Mapping of putative ether-anesthesia resistance gene using C57BL/6J and MSM/Ms mouse strains

   • Tsuneo Megumi
   • Chang-Woo Song
   • Masaaki Okumoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 276

7. Amsorb Plus and Drägersorb Free, two new-generation carbon dioxide absorbents that produce a low compound A concentration while providing sufficient CO₂ absorption capacity in simulated sevoflurane anesthesia

   • Shunji Kobayashi
   • Hiromichi Bito
   • Shigehito Sato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 281

8. A rabbit model for evaluation of surgical anesthesia and analgesia: characterization and validation with isoflurane anesthesia and fentanyl analgesia

   • Masakazu Hayashida
   • Atsuo Fukunaga
   • Kazuo Hanaoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 282 - 291

9. Long-term pain relief effects in four patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty for metastatic vertebral tumor

   • Keisuke Yamada
   • Yoshihisa Matsumoto
   • Tsuyoshi Takanaka

   Clinical reports Pages: 292 - 295

10. Erythemas caused by electrodes while monitoring neuromuscular blockade: three cases

    • Kumi Nakamura
    • Naoko Terasawa
    • Setsuko Toyoda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 296 - 299

11. Continuous spinal anesthesia and postoperative analgesia for elective cesarean section in a parturient with Eisenmenger’s syndrome

    • Shigeki Sakuraba
    • Shuya Kiyama
    • Junzo Takeda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 303

12. Conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm during landiolol infusion

    • Taku Mayahara
    • Maria Goto
    • Koji Sakaida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 304 - 306

13. Unanticipated hemothorax during general anesthesia

    • Manzo Suzuki
    • Toshiichiro Inagi
    • Yoichi Shimada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 309

14. A case of complex regional pain syndrome type II after transradial coronary intervention

    • Nobuko Sasano
    • Takako Tsuda
    • Hirotada Katsuya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 310 - 312

15. Expiratory tidal volume displayed on Bird 8400STi can exceed the preset tidal volume due to cardiogenic oscillation: a lung model study

    • Hideaki Imanaka
    • Muneyuki Takeuchi
    • Masaji Nishimura

    Short communications Pages: 313 - 315

16. Performance of a tonometer for arterial pressure measurement during anesthesia in the elderly

    • Katsumi Harasawa
    • Masahiro Yamane
    • Osamu Kemmotsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 317

17. Intraoperative pneumothrax during retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery

    • Hiroshi Ozasa
    • Hiroshi Uchida
    • Yoji Saito

    Letter to the editor Pages: 318 - 319