[A case of transfusion-related acute lung injury following platelet transfusion during the cervical supine surgery].

We report a case of possible transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). The patient is a 69-year-old man who underwent cervical supine surgery Platelet products were transfused pre-and intra-operatively. At the end of the operation, he was fully awake and extubated.

[A case of acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia after appendectomy managed with spinal anesthesia].

An 88-year-old woman was admitted with acute appendicitis. She had been treated with prednisolone and home oxygen therapy for interstitial pneumonia. Her respiratory state on admission was Grade 2 of Hugh-Jones' classification, and plasma KL-6 and SP-D levels were high.

[Perioperative management of neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a schizophrenic patient scheduled to undergo operation for bowel obstruction].

Neroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a serious side effect of antipsychotic medications. The risk factors for NMS are the patient's physiologic conditions such as dehydration, malnutrition, stress, and additional administration of sedative drugs including haloperidol. We report a case of 62-year-old schizophrenic man with bowel obstruction due to rectal cancer.

[Anesthetic management of the cesarean section in a patient with aplastic anemia].

A 31-year-old woman with aplastic anemia was admitted for the management of delivery at 33 weeks of gestation. Platelet count was 2.3 x 10(4) x microl(-1) on admission.