Optimal doses of sevoflurane and propofol in rabbits.

Background: Although sevoflurane and propofol are commonly used anesthetics in rabbits, optimal doses of remain unclear. We thus assessed the optimal hypnotic doses of sevoflurane and propofol, and evaluated the influence of dexmedetomidine on sevoflurane and propofol requirements.

Methods: Twenty-eight Japanese white rabbits were randomly assigned to one of four groups (n=7 each).

High-frequency jet ventilation during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a patient with previous contralateral pneumonectomy.

A case of high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in a patient with previous contralateral pneumonectomy is presented. A 77-year-old man with a right pneumothorax was scheduled for bullectomy by VATS. He had undergone left pneumonectomy due to lung cancer 6 years earlier.

[Epidural fentanyl delayed emergence from anesthesia].

An 83-year-old man (158 cm, 42 kg) was scheduled for cholecystectomy. He had a history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation. The patient received no premedication.

Cardiac arrest after spinal anesthesia in a patient with neurally mediated syncope.

We present the case of cardiac arrest in a patient with neurally mediated syncope (NMS). A 66-year-old male patient was scheduled to undergo right inguinal hernioplasty. He had a history of syncope, which occurred a few times a year in childhood and once a year recently.

[Case report of using a connector (phycon TCB bronchial blocker) for pediatric one-lung anesthesia].

We report a case of using a connector (Phycon TCB Bronchial Blocker: Fuji Systems) in pediatric one-lung anesthesia. An eight-year-old boy with mid-mediastinal tumor was scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. After tracheal intubation with normal tracheal tube, we connected the connector and confirmed a 5 Fr Fogarty catheter through the tube under fiberoptic visualization.