Unsuccessful tracheal intubation in a patient with Kniest dysplasia undergoing repeated general anesthesia: a case report.

Background: Kniest dysplasia is a type of chondrodysplasia characterized by severe craniofacial abnormalities including tracheomalacia, midface hypoplasia, and cleft palate.

Case Presentation: We previously described a 6-year-old girl with Kniest dysplasia, in whom glottic edema rapidly developed after tracheal intubation. At the age of 13 years, a reoperation was scheduled to correct talipes equinovarus but was subsequently canceled due to failure of tracheal intubation and subsequent glottic edema.

Difficult airway associated with bifid glottis and coexistent subglottic stenosis in a patient with Pallister-Hall syndrome: a case report.

Background: Pallister-Hall syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by hypothalamic hamartoma, hypopituitarism, bifid epiglottis, and micrognathia.

Case Presentation: We describe the airway management under general anesthesia of a 15-year-old female with Pallister-Hall syndrome whose airway was compromised with bifid epiglottis and acquired subglottic stenosis. The three options considered for airway management were tracheal intubation, a supraglottic device, and surgical tracheotomy.

Simple and efficient isolation of cordycepin from culture broth of a Cordyceps militaris mutant.

Isolation of cordycepin from the culture broth of Cordyceps militaris mutant was investigated. Based on the solubility curve, three crystallizing processes, temperature shift (process I), pH shift (process II), and pH shift followed by temperature shift (process III) were carried out. Process III was the most promising method regarding both purity and yield.

Management of general anesthesia in a child with Miller-Dieker syndrome: a case report.

Miller-Dieker syndrome (MDS) is a rare disorder characterized by type I lissencephaly and a distinctive facial appearance that may include prominent forehead, bitemporal hollowing, and micrognathia. MDS is associated with epilepsy. We here report an 18-month-old girl with MDS who required general anesthesia.

Impact of skin incision on the pleth variability index.

Objective: The pleth variability index (PVI), which is calculated from respiratory variations in the perfusion index (PI), reportedly predicts fluid responsiveness. However, vasomotor tone fluctuations induced by nociceptive stimuli change the PI and may reduce the accuracy of PVI. The aim of this study was to confirm the effects of surgical stimuli on PVI.

Production of cordycepin by a repeated batch culture of a Cordyceps militaris mutant obtained by proton beam irradiation.

Cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine) is one of the most versatile metabolites of Cordyceps militaris due to its broad spectrum of biological activity. In our previous study, the C. militaris mutant G81-3, which produces higher levels of cordycepin, was obtained by high-energy proton beam irradiation.

Medicinal uses of the mushroom Cordyceps militaris: current state and prospects.

Cordyceps militaris is a potential harbour of bio-metabolites for herbal drugs and evidences are available about its applications for revitalization of various systems of the body from ancient times. Amongst all the species, C. militaris is considered as the oldest source of some useful chemical constituents.

Novel mRNA molecules are induced in hypertrophied ventricles of carnitine-deficient mice and belong to a family of up-regulated gene in cells overexpressing c-erbB-2.

To clarify the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy in carnitine-deficient juvenile visceral steatosis (JVS) mice, we performed differential mRNA display analysis with the ventricles of control and JVS mice. We found a novel up-regulated gene, designated as carnitine deficiency-associated gene expressed in ventricle (CDV)-3. Northern blot analysis with a cDNA probe derived from the novel gene revealed two substantial mRNA species of prominent 4.