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Contents  Vol.10 No.2 APRIL 2003

    REVIEWS

Challenging role of biomedical engineering in medicine 83

Fumihiko KAJIYA

Tuberculosis control in intensive care unit 91

Naoki HASEGAWA

    ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Health insurance system and the length of stay in a pediatric intensive care unit 99

Kazuo FUKUMITSU, Seiji KITAMURA, Keiko KINOUCHI
Akihiro TANIGUCHI, Yoshikazu MIYAMOTO, Osamu HIRAO

Changes in breathing pattern with termination of propofol sedation in patients undergoing
pressure support ventilation
105

Yoshihisa FUJITA, Motoko KIMURA, Kimio YOKOTA, KenŐichi KIMURA
Takashi TORIUMI, Yoshimi HARADA, Tomoko FUJII, Atsuo SARI

    CASE REPORTS

A case of acute fulminating beriberi leading to cardiac arrest 111

Yoshihito MORITA, Michiyoshi SANUKI, Akihiko SERA, Hiroyuki KINOSHITA

A case of cerebral infarction during prolonged isoflurane inhalation for
intractable status asthmaticus
117

Kaoru HARA, Yuji YAMAMORI, Keishi HASHIMOTO,
Tetsuro NIKAI, Hiroshi OZASA, Yoji SAITO

A single dose of vasopressin helped to improve hemodynamic stability in hypovolemic shock caused by the rerupture of a common iliac arterial aneurysm 121

Hiromichi TERADA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Yukiko MITSUI

    brief reports

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for a patient with pulmonary edema
after cesarean section
125

Tatsuya ITO, Jiro SHIMADA, Fumiko MIKAMO, Taku MAYAHARA
Tsuyoshi OKADA, Tomoko WADA, Yukihisa MATSUMOTO, Toshihiko DOI

A survival case of postoperative multiple organ failure caused by lung
injury treated with continuous hemodiafiltration and extracorporeal ultrafiltration
127

Noriko NARIMATSU, Tadashi TANOUE, Hiroyuki TAKAMURE,
Tadashi EJIMA, Keiji GOTO

Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism in Sapporo City General Hospital 129

Mineji HAYAKAWA, Satoshi GANDO, Tomoyuki SATO, Kouzou KUBO,
Hirokatsu HOSINO, Takashi KAMEUE, Yuji MORIMOTO, Izumi MATSUBARA

A questionnaire study of assessment of analgesia and sedation by ICU nurses 131

Hidekazu YUKIOKA, Satoshi KURITA, Gen YOSHIDA, Noboru KATO