The effect of anesthetic technique on early postoperative gastric emptying: comparison of propofol-remifentanil and opioid-free sevoflurane anesthesia Jakob WalldénSven-Egron ThörnMagnus Wattwil Original articles Pages: 261 - 267
Site of fresh gas inlet and ratios of the delivered fraction and inspired fraction of inhaled isoflurane and sevoflurane in low-flow anesthesia Taeko FukudaAtsuo FukunagaHidenori Toyooka OriginalPaper Pages: 268 - 273
Intrathecal sufentanil (1.5 µg) added to hyperbaric bupivacaine (0.5%) for elective cesarean section provides adequate analgesia without need for pruritus therapy Yavuz DemiraranIsmail OzdemirOguz Yucel OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 278
Systemic clonidine activates neurons of the dorsal horn, but not the locus ceruleus (A6) or the A7 area, after a formalin test: the importance of the dorsal horn in the antinociceptive effects of clonidine Taeko FukudaHajime FurukawaHidenori Toyooka OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 283
Effects of AM281, a cannabinoid antagonist, on circulatory deterioration and cytokine production in an endotoxin shock model: comparison with norepinephrine Yuji KadoiFumio Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 284 - 289
Respiratory failure due to morbid obesity in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome: an experience of long-term mechanical ventilation Masashi NishikawaTaro MizutaniHidenori Toyooka Clinical reports Pages: 300 - 303
Airway management of a patient with Forestier's disease Murat Y. OzkalkanliKaan KatirciogluSerdar Savaci OriginalPaper Pages: 304 - 306
Nesiritide for treatment of perioperative low cardiac output syndromes in cardiac surgical patients: an initial experience George R. GordonRoman SchumannMichael R. England OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 311
Anesthetic management of a patient with progressive supranuclear palsy Kazuyuki SakaiKoji Sumikawa OriginalPaper Pages: 312 - 313
Prolonged loss of leg myogenic motor evoked potentials during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair, without postoperative paraplegia Sadahei DendaMiki TaneokaYasushi Kitahara OriginalPaper Pages: 314 - 318
Mean operating room times differ by 50% among hospitals in different countries for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and lung lobectomy Franklin DexterMelinda DavisMichael Vigoda Short communications Pages: 319 - 322
Total body propofol clearance (TBPC) after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) surgery is decreased in patients with a long warm ischemic time Wael S. Al-JahdariFumio KunimotoFumio Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 326
Effect of clonidine premedication on postoperative sore throat and hoarseness after total intravenous anesthesia Koichi MaruyamaTakeshi YamadaKatsumi Hara OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 330
Effects of the electrode temperature of a new monitor, TCM4, on the measurement of transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide tension Tomoki NishiyamaShinji NakamuraKoichi Yamashita OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 334
The benefits of adding epidural analgesia to general anesthesia: a metaanalysis Joanne Guay OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 340
The effects of ropivacaine at clinically relevant doses on myocardial ischemia in pigs Panayota TsibiribiCécile Bui-XuanQuadiri Timour OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 343
Flexible, tapered-tip tube facilitates conventional orotracheal intubation by novice intubators MinHye SoKazuya SobueHirotada Katsuya OriginalPaper Pages: 344 - 347
The story of Vioxx—no pain and a lot of gain: ethical concerns regarding conduct of the pharmaceutical industry Alex CahanaAlexandre Mauron Miscellaneous Pages: 348 - 351
Tube obstruction of CobraPLA in a patient with fixed flexed neck Peter SzmukTiberin EzriDavid D. Alfery Letters to the editor Pages: 352 - 352
An application of a reinforced laryngeal mask airway to anesthesia for dental treatment Akiyoshi KujiMayumi IchikawaTakaki Kawaguchi Letters to the editor Pages: 353 - 353
A case of infective endocarditis diagnosed by transesophageal but not transthoracic echocardiography Hiroaki MitsunariMinoru Nomura Letters to the editor Pages: 354 - 354
Usefulness of sivelestat sodium administration in patients with aspiration pneumonia Toshihiro KikuchiToyoki KugimiyaShinobu Katashima Letters to the editor Pages: 355 - 355
Anesthesia with CobraPLA for a patient with Kartagener syndrome Hikaru NiwaKo TakakuraMaki Mizogami Letters to the editor Pages: 356 - 356
