1. Anesthesia mortality and morbidity in Japan: A study of lawsuit cases

   • Yasuhiro Shimada
   • Yoshio Kato

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 5

2. Preoperative estimation of pulmonary extravascular thermal volume in patients undergoing pneumonectomy

   • Tsutomu Sakuma
   • Tasuku Nakada
   • Shigefumi Fujimura

   Original Articles Pages: 6 - 11

3. Subanesthetic sevoflurane does not affect sympathetic or parasympathetic function

   • Kazuya Kuramochi

   Original Articles Pages: 12 - 16

4. Intravenous magnesium sulfate as a preanesthetic medication: A double-blind study on its effects on hemodynamic stabilization at the time of tracheal intubation

   • Tetsuro Kagawa
   • Ryokichi Goto
   • Hidefumi Obara

   Original Articles Pages: 17 - 20

5. Clonidine premedication for sevoflurane anesthesia in upper abdominal surgery

   • Koh Shingu
   • Yasushi Iwatani
   • Masami Osawa

   Original Articles Pages: 21 - 24

6. Effects of a forced-air system (Bair Hugger, OR-type) on intraoperative temperature in patients with open abdominal surgery

   • Takashi Matsukawa
   • Satoshi Kashimoto
   • Teruo Kumazawa

   Original Articles Pages: 25 - 27

7. The effects of low-dose midazolam for induction of high-dose fentanyl anesthesia for coronary artery bypass graft

   • Noriaki Kanaya
   • Satoshi Fujita
   • Akiyoshi Namiki

   Original Articles Pages: 28 - 31

8. Effects of continuous epidural block on motor nerve conduction velocity in patients with lower spine disorders

   • Sumihisa Aida
   • Toshiyuki Tobita
   • Koki Shimoji

   Original Articles Pages: 32 - 35

9. Hypomagnesemia during pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation

   • Toshihide Sato
   • Kazufumi Okamoto
   • John Board

   Original Articles Pages: 36 - 39

10. Statistical analysis of visual prognosis following stellate ganglion block treatment on patients with retinal vessel obstruction

    • Atsuhiro Sakamoto
    • Eiichiroh Umeda
    • Shigekuni Okisaka

    Original Articles Pages: 40 - 43

11. Evaluation of twitch responses obtained from abductor hallucis muscle as a monitor of neuromuscular blockade: Comparison with the results from adductor pollicis muscle

    • Takahiro Suzuki
    • Hajime Suzuki
    • Setsuro Ogawa

    Original Articles Pages: 44 - 48

12. Suppressive action of enflurane on dorsal horn neurons in rabbits

    • Takahiko Okuda
    • Katsutoshi Wakita
    • Keita Suekane

    Original Articles Pages: 49 - 51

13. Relief of intractable perineal pain by coccygeal nerve block in anterior sacrococcygeal ligament after surgery for rectal cancer

    • Koki Yamada
    • Yukinori Ishihara
    • Toshiyuki Saito

    Original Articles Pages: 52 - 54

14. Sevoflurane reduced but isoflurane maintained hepatic blood flow during anesthesia in man

    • Takashi Hongo

    Original Articles Pages: 55 - 59

15. Local cerebral blood flow measured by stable xenon CT during fentanyl-diazepam anesthesia

    • Masahiko Kawaguchi
    • Masakazu Kuro
    • Jun Karasawa

    Original Articles Pages: 60 - 63

16. Does intraoperative analgesia modify the immune response in surgical patients?

    • Mahito Yamaguchi
    • Ryo Ogawa

    Original Articles Pages: 64 - 71

17. Changes of oxygen transport variables and serum lactate during open-chest cardiac massage in dogs

    • Michihiko Fukui
    • Tetsuo Hatanaka
    • Yoshifumi Tanaka

    Original Articles Pages: 72 - 77

18. Effects and interaction of nicardipine and volatile anesthetics in the rat heart-lung preparation

    • Satoshi Kashimoto
    • Toshihiro Nakamura
    • Teruo Kumazawa

    Original Articles Pages: 78 - 83

19. Decomposition of enflurane in soda lime

    • Mayumi Horibe
    • Kohyu Fujii
    • Hirosato Kikuchi

    Original Articles Pages: 84 - 86

20. Effects of saikosaponins on hepatic damage induced by halothane and hypoxia in phenobarbital-pretreated rats

    • Teruhiro Nishiura
    • Seishiro Marukawa
    • Hiroko Abe

    Original Articles Pages: 87 - 92

21. Electrophysiologic effects of volatile anesthetics, sevoflurane and halothane, in a canine myocardial infarction model

    • Hisakuni Hashimoto
    • Satoshi Imamura
    • Mitsuyoshi Nakashima

    Original Articles Pages: 93 - 100

22. Anesthetic management of a child with olmsted's syndrome

    • Kahoru Nishina
    • Katsuya Mikawa
    • Hidefumi Obara

    Clinical Reports Pages: 101 - 103

23. A schematic guideline of tracheal intubation in patients with extensive burns in the posthealing period

    • Tetsuo Inoue
    • Ming Cai
    • Ryo Ogawa

    Clinical Reports Pages: 104 - 106

24. A case of Eisenmenger's syndrome treated with extracorporeal lung and heart assist in the postpartum period

    • Yuji Sakanashi
    • Hidenori Terasaki
    • Tohru Morioka

    Clinical Reports Pages: 107 - 109

25. Coronary artery spasm induced by respiratory alkalosis

    • Arifumi Kohyama
    • Masaaki Uno
    • Takao Saito

    Clinical Reports Pages: 110 - 112

26. Williams syndrome: Anesthetic management for balloon dilatation of supravalvular aortic stenosis

    • Hiroshi Niinai
    • Miwako Nakao
    • Ryoji Kawaguchi

    Clinical Reports Pages: 113 - 114

27. A successful second living renal transplant in a child with severe mitral stenosis

    • Makiko Komori
    • Miwako Kawamata
    • Masao Fujita

    Clinical Reports Pages: 115 - 117

28. ST segment depression repeatedly induced by isoflurane inhalation

    • Naofumi Iwatsuki
    • Toshio Saishu

    Clinical Reports Pages: 118 - 120

29. Anesthetic management for a patient with oculocerebrorenal (Lowe's) syndrome

    • Hisao Komatsu
    • Masatomo Sakakibara
    • Kenji Ogli

    Clinical Reports Pages: 121 - 123