Introduction Fever is frequently observed in critically ill patients. An independent association
of fever with increased mortality has been observed in non-neurological critically ill patients …

Methods The American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I–II patients (n= 167)
scheduled for orthopaedic surgery were included in this prospective study. General …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: There are few comparative studies of stress hormone changes during
general anesthesia with long duration between isoflurane–nitrous oxide and sevoflurane–…

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare hemodynamic and catecholamine
changes due to a sudden increase in inhalation anesthetic concentrations (isoflurane and …

We compared cerebrovascular carbon dioxide reactivity during the administration of
sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia by measuring cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) as an …

Purpose Many studies have been conducted on how to decrease propofol injection pain, but
none has been completely successful. In the present study, the most effective method was …

… Nishiyama, Tomoki MD, PhD; Hanaoka, Kazuo MD, PhD * … Address correspondence
and reprint requests to Tomoki Nishiyama, MD, Ph.D.; 3-2-6-603, Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi-shi …

The effects of intrathecally and systemically administered 5-hydroxytriptamine (5-HT) 2A
receptor antagonist, sarpogrelate on acute thermal or formalin induced pain were examined. …

Objective: To test the hypothesis that the infrared thermometer (Genius) is comparably
useful with thermocouples that are routinely used for skin temperature monitoring. Design: …

Current medical transplantation confronts major problems such as the shortage of donors
and geographical restrictions that inhibit efficient utilization of finite donor organs within their …