1. Anatomical features of the right internal jugular vein in infants and young children undergoing heart surgery for congenital disease: comparison between cyanotic and noncyanotic patients

   • Yuji Morimoto
   • Kenjiro Hisano
   • Toshikazu Hashimoto

   Original Articles 27 February 2008 Pages: 1 - 6

2. The effect of heat-moisture exchanger and closed-circuit technique on airway climate during desflurane anesthesia

   • Chih-Cherng Lu
   • Shung-Tai Ho
   • Chung-Yuan Lin

   Original Articles 27 February 2008 Pages: 7 - 12

3. The degree of newly emerging mitral regurgitation during off-pump coronary artery bypass is predicted by preoperative left ventricular function

   • Toshimasa Akazawa
   • Hirotaka Iizuka
   • Eiichi Inada

   Original Articles 27 February 2008 Pages: 13 - 20

4. High concentrations of landiolol, a β₁-adrenoceptor antagonist, stimulate smooth muscle contraction of the rat trachea through the Rho-kinase pathway

   • Osamu Shibata
   • Kenji Nishioka
   • Koji Sumikawa

   Original Articles 27 February 2008 Pages: 21 - 26

5. Olprinone decreases elevated concentrations of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 in septic rats

   • Hiroshi Miyakawa
   • Shinichiro Kira
   • Takayuki Noguchi

   Original Articles 27 February 2008 Pages: 27 - 31

6. Effects of delta-opioid agonist SNC80 on white matter injury following spinal cord ischemia in normothermic and mildly hypothermic rats

   • Toshinori Horiuchi
   • Masahiko Kawaguchi
   • Hitoshi Furuya

   Original Articles 27 February 2008 Pages: 32 - 37

7. Management of the difficult and failed airway in obstetric anesthesia

   • Gurinder M. Vasdev
   • Barry A. Harrison
   • Christopher M. Burkle

   Review Article 27 February 2008 Pages: 38 - 48

8. Hydrocortisone improves somnolence without hypotension in the postpartum period

   • Nada Usta-Makkaoui
   • Timothy L. Lacy
   • Neil Roy Connelly

   Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 49 - 51

9. An unusual case of airway obstruction at the tip of an endotracheal tube caused by insertion of a nasogastric tube

   • Kozue Kubo
   • Shinichi Nakao
   • Koh Shingu

   Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 52 - 54

10. Maternal satisfaction with single-dose spinal analgesia for labor pain in Indonesia: a landmark study

    • Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski
    • Susilo Chandra

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 55 - 58

11. Severe systemic hypotension during repair of leaking large meningomyelocele

    • Shahnaz Afroza
    • Zulfiqar Ali
    • Hemanshu Prabhakar

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 59 - 60

12. Calcineurin-inhibitor-induced pain syndrome after bone marrow transplantation

    • Yukiko Noda
    • Kenji Kodama
    • Shosuke Takahashi

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 61 - 63

13. Clinical role and efficacy of landiolol in the intensive care unit

    • Yuko Yoshida
    • Katsuyuki Terajima
    • Atsuhiro Sakamoto

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 64 - 69

14. Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility diagnosed with a family-specific ryanodine receptor gene type 1 mutation

    • Takahiro Tanabe
    • Makoto Fukusaki
    • Ichizo Nishino

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 70 - 73

15. Severe hyperglycemic shock associated with hepatic portal venous gas

    • Kohki Nishikawa
    • Misako Higuchi
    • Akiyoshi Namiki

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 74 - 76

16. Acute pulmonary capillary leak syndrome during elective surgery under general anesthesia

    • Susumu Ohmi
    • Tetsuhiro Takei
    • Yoshihiko Watanabe

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 77 - 80

17. Airway Scope: early clinical experience in 405 patients

    • Yoshihiro Hirabayashi
    • Norimasa Seo

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 81 - 85

18. Aminophylline reversal of prolonged postoperative sedation induced by propofol

    • Satoru Sakurai
    • Atsuo Fukunaga
    • Yuzuru Kaneko

    Clinical Reports 27 February 2008 Pages: 86 - 88

19. Recovery of neuromuscular blockade caused by vecuronium is delayed in patients with hypertriglyceridemia

    • Yuhji Saitoh
    • Tsutomu Oshima
    • Yoshinori Nakata

    Short Communications 27 February 2008 Pages: 89 - 92

20. Anesthetic management of two cases of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

    • Yoshinobu Kimura
    • Yasuhiro Kamada
    • Saori Kimura

    Short Communications 27 February 2008 Pages: 93 - 95

21. Membrane effect of lidocaine is inhibited by interaction with peroxynitrite

    • Takahiro Ueno
    • Maki Mizogami
    • Hironori Tsuchiya

    Short Communications 27 February 2008 Pages: 96 - 99

22. Cardiovascular responses to tracheal intubation with the Airway Scope (Pentax-AWS)

    • Akihiro Suzuki
    • Yuki Toyama
    • Hiroshi Iwasaki

    Letters to the Editor 27 February 2008 Pages: 100 - 101

23. Intrabronchial misplacement of a thermal probe in a patient with a tracheal tube

    • Takashi Suzuki
    • Yuki Kobayashi
    • Kazuyuki Serada

    Letters to the Editor 27 February 2008 Pages: 102 - 103

24. Intraoperative occurrence of bradyarrhythmia in a patient with asymptomatic bifascicular block

    • Yoshiharu Sato
    • Takashi Horiguchi
    • Toshiaki Nishikawa

    Letters to the Editor 27 February 2008 Pages: 104 - 104