Utility of SARC-F in daycare facilities for older people.

Aim: SARC-F, a sarcopenia screening tool, has limited use but may be beneficial for detecting sarcopenia in frail older people. This study aimed to clarify the validity of the SARC-F questionnaire in older people.

Methods: In this validation study, 74 (36 men; age, 81.

[Case of an elderly patient with marked hypertension following intravenous fentanyl administration during the induction of anesthesia].

A 76-year-old woman was scheduled to undergo distal gastrectomy and cholecystectomy. She had no history of illnesses including hypertension. During the induction of anesthesia, she developed hypertension just after intravenous administration of fentanyl 200 microg.

[One-lung anesthesia was successfully maintained by means of Fogarty Catheter in infants].

We experienced one-lung anesthesia using Fogarty catheter as a selective bronchial blocker in two infants. First case was a one-year and ten month-old female who underwent partial resection of the right middle lobe for her giant lung cyst under general anesthesia. Second case was an eight-month-old male who underwent thoracoscopic resection of his left mediastinal tumor under general anesthesia.