[Effectiveness of indocyanine green fluorescence in endoscopic marking in gastric cancer surgery:a feasibility study for replacing India ink].

When injected, indocyanine green (ICG) immediately combines with lipoproteins to fluoresce. Here, we studied whether ICG fluorescence is effective for endoscopic marking in gastric cancer surgery using a photodynamic eye (PDE) camera and fluorescent endoscope. An ICG solution was endoscopically injected into the submucosal layer of the gastric tumor 3 days before surgery.

Intraoperative localization of arteriovenous malformation of a jejunum with combined use of angiographic methods and indocyanine green injection: Report of a new technique.

Introduction: The localization of small intestine sources of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding has been a challenge. The use of indocyanine green (ICG) is effective in aiding intraoperative localization if a bleeding lesion is identified on angiography.

Case Presentation: A 95-year-old Japanese man presented with hematochezia.

Rectal obstruction due to endometriosis: A case report and review of the Japanese literature.

Introduction: Colorectal obstructive endometriosis is relatively rare in Japan and its differentiation from malignancy is often difficult. We report a case of rectal obstructive endometriosis.

Presentation Of Case: A 37-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a suspected ileus.

Propofol inhibits long-term potentiation but not long-term depression in rat hippocampal slices.

Background: Although propofol is known to produce amnesia when used for anesthesia, mechanisms underlying its effects on memory are poorly understood. The current study was designed to examine the effects of propofol on forms of synaptic plasticity thought to contribute to memory processing.

Methods: Extracellular excitatory postsynaptic potentials were recorded from the CA1 region of rat hippocampal slices.

A prospective evaluation of anesthesia for posterior lumbar spine fusion: the effectiveness of preoperative epidural anesthesia with morphine.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, single-blinded study.

Objectives: To prospectively compare the anesthesia for posterior lumbar spinal fusion between the age- and gender-matched groups with and without preoperative epidural anesthesia with morphine.

Summary Of Background Data: To reduce the blood loss, hypotensive anesthesia is frequently used in the spinal fusion.

[Investigation on nurses' knowledge of and experience in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and on nurses' knowledge of the guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care established in 2000--results of a survey at Asahikawa Medical College Hospital (second report)].

Background: We reported that the practical knowledge and skill on basic life support were not enough among nursing staffs. Therefore, to clarify the existing conditions and issues in CPR education we carried out a survey on knowledge of and experience in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and on knowledge of the Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) established in 2000.

Methods: Three hundred and four nurses at Asahikawa Medical College Hospital were asked to fill in questionnaires.

[Anesthetic management for elective cesarean section due to placenta previa in a patient with moyamoya disease].

We report the anesthetic management of a 31-year-old female patient with moyamoya disease using general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia for a cesarean section due to placenta previa. Epidural anesthesia with 10 ml of 2% lidocaine was first used. Then general anesthesia was induced with thiamylal 200 mg and succinylcholine 60 mg just before starting operation and was maintained with 60% nitrous oxide in oxygen.

Effects of right stellate ganglion block on the autonomic nervous function of the heart: a study using the head-up tilt test.

The effect of peripheral sympathetic block on the autonomic nerve function of the heart was studied using the head-up tilt test (HUTT) and right stellate ganglion block (RSGB). Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and the parameters of power spectral analysis of HR variability recorded during the HUTT were measured in 8 patients with chronic pain syndrome before and after RSGB. In the control state, the mean HR and the LF/HF component recorded during HUTT significantly increased whereas the HF component markedly decreased.

[A survey on cardio-pulmonary resuscitation knowledge of the nursing staff in the Asahikawa Medical College Hospital].

We surveyed the knowledge of the 66 nursing staffs on cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and compared the results with that of 53 students of the Department of Nursing of the Asahikawa Medical College. The average scores of the test among the nursing staffs and the student nurses were 61 points and 54 points, respectively. Although a significant difference in the percentage of total correct answers was demonstrated between the two groups, the rate of correct answers of the observation items was high, whereas that of skill items was comparatively low in each group.