Post-marketing surveillance of levofloxacin 0.5% ophthalmic solution for external ocular infections.

Background: Levofloxacin 0.5% ophthalmic solution is an antibacterial formulation, which was approved and marketed for the treatment of ocular infections in Japan in 2000.

Objective: This study was designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of levofloxacin 0.

[Case of myocardial infarction during emergency clipping surgery of a cerebral aneurysm].

An 80-year-old woman with subarachnoid hemorrhage underwent emergency neck clipping of a cerebral aneurysm. She had previously undergone surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm 10 years before. Anesthesia was induced with propofol and maintained with a combination of fentanyl and sevoflurane (0.

[Allergic reaction during anesthesia: two case reports].

We experienced two cases of serious and potentially life-threatening allergic reactions. The first patient was a 28-year-old male patient scheduled for surgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations and another patient was a 66-year-old male patient scheduled for hepatic resection. After uneventful anesthetic induction, anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane, air and oxygen.

Difficult laryngoscopy caused by massive mandibular tori.

Mandibular tori, defined as bony protuberances located along the lingual aspect of the mandible, are a possible cause of difficult intubation. We describe a case of mandibular tori that resulted in difficult intubation. A 62-year-old woman who had speech problems was diagnosed with mandibular tori, and was scheduled for surgical resection.

Volatile anesthetics constrict pulmonary artery in rabbit lung perfusion model.

Volatile anesthetics are generally considered to possess a vasodilator action. Some of their actions on pulmonary vessels, however, are not clearly understood. We examined the effects of various volatile anesthetics on pulmonary vessels using an in situ rabbit isolated-lung perfusion model.