[Drug errors during anesthesia].

We report drug errors during anesthesia. The data were retrieved from the incident reports in a period of June 2000 to June 2003 at the Department of Anesthesiology, Fukuoka University Hospital. Drug errors occurred in 18 (0.

[Pulmonary edema due to upper airway obstruction after extubation].

We report a patient who developed pulmonary edema due to airway obstruction after extubation. A 22-year-old man underwent removal of the nails for thoracoplasty under general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia. Upper airway obstruction occurred after extubation.

[Anesthetic management of an infant with Cornelia de Lange syndrome].

We report anesthetic management of an infant with Cornelia de Lange syndrome. A 12-month-old girl with Cornelia de Lange syndrome was scheduled for ureterocystoneostomy because of vesicoureteral reflux. Preoperative physical examination suggested difficult tracheal intubation.

[Manpower at private university hospitals in Japan].

We studied the numbers of teaching staff in anesthesiology departments and of patients operated on and managed by anesthesiologists at private university hospitals in 1999, in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 49 institutions, and 36 responded (response rate, 73%). The mean number of patients managed by anesthesiologists in an institution was 3899 (range, 942-8135).

[Awake craniotomy with propofol sedation and a laryngeal mask airway: a case report].

A 47-year-old man with brain tumor close to the speech center was scheduled for biopsy under awake craniotomy. Anesthesia was maintained with continuous infusion of propofol and intermittent fentanyl. Airway was secured with a laryngeal mask throughout the surgery.