[Anesthetic management with remifentanil for tracheobronchial stent insertion].

Background: Although remifentanil produces respiratory depression, its very short duration of action provides a great advantage for the control of hemodynamics during anesthesia for tracheobronchial stent insertion. We compared remifentanil with fentanyl during propofol-based anesthesea for anesthetic management for tracheobronchial stent insertion.

Methods: Seventy-eight patients were analyzed retrospectively by anesthetic chart review.

[Anesthetic management of concomitant off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and complete pneumonectomy for lung cancer].

A 69-year-old man was scheduled for combined surgery involving off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG) for coronary stenosis and total pneumonectomy for lung cancer. Anesthesia was maintained with fentanyl, thiopental, sevoflurane, nitrous oxide, and epidural anesthesia using 1.0% mepivacaine.

Intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy in a case with refractory thrombotic microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and SLE.

The case of a 27-year-old woman who simultaneously presented with SLE and severe refractory thrombotic microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (TMHA) is reported. She had extremely high levels of platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG), and her TMHA was refractory to plasma exchange and corticosteroid therapy. However, the TMHA was effectively controlled by i.

[The effect of repeated sevoflurane anesthesia on hepatic function and immunological system].

Background: Sevoflurane is known as a useful and safe anesthetic because of its properties of fast uptake and elimination at the lungs and of no effects on hepatic function. In this study we examined the effect of repeated sevoflurane anesthesia on hepatic function and immunological system.

Methods: Eight patients (ASA, PS 2 or 3) received sevoflurane anesthesia three times in 6 months.