[Evaluation of supplemental and oral deglutition foods in bedridden elderly patients receiving parenteral nutrition].

Background And Aim: We examined oral dyskinesia (OD), wearing artificial tooth, food test findings and conducted a video - fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) in bedridden elderly patients before they were received parenteral nutrition once daily. However, the validity and properties of these deglutition foods have not been evaluated. Therefore, in this study, we clarified four deglutition foods as four aspects.

Molecular epidemiological study of gammaherpesvirus in domestic cats in Japan.

Gammaherpesviruses (GHVs) are members of an emerging subfamily of the family Herpesviridae. A recent study identified a novel GHV in domestic cats (Felis catus GHV1, FcaGHV1), and epidemiological surveys have found that FcaGHV1 is distributed worldwide. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of GHVs in domestic cats in Japan with a molecular epidemiological survey.

[Anesthetic management of intraoperative aortic dissection during cardiovascular surgery].

Despite considerable advances in anesthesia technique, intraoperative aortic dissection remains a potentially lethal complication during on-pump cardiovascular surgery. Intraoperative dissection has been described worldwide, ranging between 0.06% and 0.

[Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who showed difficulty in respiratory control].

We experienced a patient with severe COPD undergoing OPCAB who showed difficult perioperative respiratory and circulatory management. Since patients with severe COPDs are often complicated with not only respiratory but also circulatory problems such as right heart failure, it is necessary to assess preoperatively the method of intraoperative management including operative procedure.

[Crisis management during regional anesthesia including peripheral nerve block, epidural anesthesia and spinal anesthesia].

Crisis management during regional anesthesia including peripheral nerve block, epidural anesthesia and spinal anesthesia was reviewed. Common crisis which is encountered during regional anesthesia includes toxic reaction to local anesthetic drugs, allergic reaction induced by local anesthetic drugs, reaction induced by epinephrine, nerve injury, hematoma etc. Concerning peripheral nerve block, crisis encountered during brachial plexus block, interscalene block and supraclavicular block used for surgical operation of upper extremity was discussed.

Effect of landiolol hydrochloride on suxamethonium-induced neuromuscular block.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of landiolol hydrochloride, an ultrashort-acting beta(1)-blocker, on suxamethonium-induced neuromuscular block.

Methods: Thirty patients were randomly allocated to receive a loading dose of landiolol, 0.125 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1) for 1 min, followed by an infusion at 0.

[Investigations into neostigmine-induced inhibition of neuromuscular transmission].

Background: Fade of the muscle contraction evoked by indirect tetanic nerve stimulation shows residual neuromuscular block. Anticholinesterases can reverse the partial block; however, they may also inhibit normal neuromuscular transmission and can cause fading responses by misuse of these drugs. The aim of this study is to investigate how neostigmine acts on normal neuromuscular function.