Journal of Anesthesia

Several new Japanese guidelines issued

Michiaki Yamakage

The protective effect of human atrial natriuretic peptide on renal damage during cardiac surgery

Takahiro Moriyama, Shintaro Hagihara, Toko Shiramomo, Misaki Nagaoka, Shohei Iwakawa, Yuichi Kanmura

The impact of liver disorders on perioperative management of reoperative cardiac surgery: a retrospective study in adult congenital heart disease patients

Koko Adachi, Hiroaki Toyama, Yu Kaiho, Osamu Adachi, Hiroto Hudeta, Masanori Yamauchi

Effect of sensor location on regional cerebral oxygen saturation measured by INVOS 5100 in on-pump cardiac surgery

Ah-Reum Cho, Jae-Young Kwon, Choongrak Kim, Jung-Min Hong, Christine Kang

Hyperinsulinemic normoglycemia decreases glucose variability during cardiac surgery

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Edward J. Mascha, Dongsheng Yang, Daniel I. Sessler, Andra Duncan

Impact of acute changes in perfusion index and blood pressure on the accuracy of non-invasive continuous hemoglobin concentration measurements during induction of anesthesia

Junichi Saito, Masato Kitayama, Erika Amanai, Kentaro Toyooka, Kazuyoshi Hirota

New surgical scoring system to predict postoperative mortality

Maho Kinoshita, Nobutada Morioka, Mariko Yabuuchi, Makoto Ozaki

Oral 30% glucose provides sufficient sedation in newborns during MRI

H. Evren Eker, Oya Yalcin Cok, Bilin Çetinkaya, Anis Aribogan

Swallowing action immediately before intravenous fentanyl at induction of anesthesia prevents fentanyl-induced coughing: a randomized controlled study

Saori Sako, Shoji Tokunaga, Masanori Tsukamoto, Jun Yoshino, Naoyuki Fujimura, Takeshi Yokoyama

Selective induction of IL-1β after a brief isoflurane anesthetic in children undergoing MRI examination

Emmett E. Whitaker, Fievos L. Christofi, Kristen M. Quinn, Brianne Z. Wiemann, Jason C. Xia, Joseph D. Tobias, Bruno Bissonnette

Factors associated with the presence of postoperative headache in elective surgery patients: a prospective single center cohort study

Paraskevi K. Matsota, Theodora C. Christodoulopoulou, Chrysanthi Z. Batistaki, Chryssa C. Arvaniti, Konstantinos I. Voumvourakis, Georgia G. Kostopanagiotou

Intrathecal morphine versus intravenous opioid administration to impact postoperative analgesia in hepato-pancreatic surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Sara Dichtwald, Menahem Ben-Haim, Laila Papismedov, Shoshana Hazan, Anat Cattan, Idit Matot

Prospective cohort study assessing chronic pain in patients following minor surgery for breast cancer

Régis Fuzier, Floriane Puel, Philippe Izard, Agnès Sommet, Sébastien Pierre

Fear-avoidance beliefs are independently associated with the prevalence of chronic pain in Japanese workers

Kenta Wakaizumi, Keiko Yamada, Hiroyuki Oka, Shizuko Kosugi, Hiroshi Morisaki, Masahiko Shibata, Ko Matsudaira

A randomized controlled trial comparing paravertebral block via the surgical field with thoracic epidural block using ropivacaine for post-thoracotomy pain relief

Takahiro Tamura, Shoichi Mori, Atsushi Mori, Masahiko Ando, Shuichi Yokota, Yasuyuki Shibata, Kimitoshi Nishiwaki

Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block by the paralaminar in-plane approach using a microconvex array transducer: methodological utility based on anatomical structures

Yasuko Taketa, Taro Fujitani, Yumi Irisawa, Satoko Sudo, Kazushi Takaishi

The effect of esophagogastroduodenoscopy probe insertion on the intracuff pressure of airway devices in children during general anesthesia

Onur Balaban, Mineto Kamata, Mumin Hakim, Dmitry Tumin, Joseph D. Tobias

Anesthesia management of cesarean section in parturient with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis: a case report

Zhimin Liao, Xiaoqin Jiang, Juan Ni

Thromboelastometry guided fibrinogen replacement therapy in cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study

Francesco Vasques, Luca Spiezia, Alberto Manfrini, Vincenzo Tarzia, Dario Fichera, Paolo Simioni, Gino Gerosa, Carlo Ori, Guido Di Gregorio

Influence of saline-based hydroxyethyl starch on umbilical cord blood electrolytes

Tomoaki Yatabe, Atsushi Nishigaki, Takahiko Tamura, Masataka Yokoyama

Coagulopathy related to hemodilution and acidosis

Satoshi Ideno, Hiroyuki Seki, Hiroshi Morisaki

In reply: Coagulopathy related to hemodilution and acidosis

Sarah E. Dodd, Christopher J. Jankowski, Bhargavi Gali

Inadvertent misplacement of the inferior vena cava

Walter V. A. Vicente

A guideline for perioperative smoking cessation

Preventing medication errors in the perioperative setting: recommendations on drug syringe labels

JSA guideline for the management of malignant hyperthermia crisis 2016