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Contents  Vol.9 No.2 APRIL 2002

    REVIEW
　 Clinical pathways for cardiac rehabilitation in acute myocardial infarction 95

Koichi Nakao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLES
　 The outcome of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support system (PCPS) in intensive care 103

Toshihiko Ichihara, Tadahito Eta, Takashi Yano
Masaki Kawase, Satuki Mori, Yuuichi Ueda
　 Clinical significance of right ventricular end diastolic volume monitoring for management of cardiac output 107

Ken Nagao, Nariyuki Hayashi, Takahiro Miki, Kazuhiko Okamoto, Eiji Nitobe
Satoru Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Katsuo Kanmatsuse
　 Clinical evaluation of the prototype of an assessment tool for judging level of consciousne 113

Akiko Shimomura

    CASE REPORTS
　 A case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Group B Streptococcus 121

Takao Hirata, Syuichi Kaneko, Yumika Koizumi, Takanao Miyazaki, Takashi Tamura
Naoki Masuda, Shigeki Yamashita, Akitomo Yonei
　 Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for a patient with airway obstruction after lung transplantation 127

Rie Ono, Yuji Fujino, Akinori Uchiyama, Shinya Nishimura, Masaji Nishimura
Nobuyuki Taenaka, Masato Minami, Takashi Mashimo
　 A case of severe liver dysfunction induced by low dose acetaminophen poisoning 131

Yoshikazu Yasuda, Tetsuo Fujibayashi, Hisato Suzuki, Kou Takakura, Satoru Fukuda
　 A case of infective endocarditis with buttock pain as a unique initial symptom 135

Tomoko Kai, Kotaro Kaneko, Shinji Karakawa, Masao Doi, Takako Migita, Shin Ishihara

    APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE
　 Brand new infusion pumps may act faultily 139

Yoshiaki Ohnishi, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Yasushi Fukuta, Takayuki Iitomi
Yumiko Sato, Michihisa Kato, Tadashi Abe, Shuzo Oshita
　 A fiber-optic EEG instrument developed for the reduction of electromagnetic interference 143

Tatsuhiko Kano, Toshiaki Takaki, Hirosi Tobata, Hideki Harada
Kazuhide Sugiyama, Seiji Watanabe, Sinichi Yamada
　 Trial use of an available carrying kit for measurement of blood lactate level 147

Hidefumi Komura, Takafumi Azami, Takashi Nakagawa
Akihiko Tabuchi, Hirotada Katsuya

    brief reports
　 Coronary artery spasm associated with anaphylactic shock leading
to cardiopulmonary arrest		 151

Makoto Kobayashi, Hiroaki Terada, Shinzo Mukainaka, Chiiho Fujii
　 Evaluation of the prognosis of the patients treated with long term continuous hemodiafiltration on the basis of multiple organ failure score 153

Shigeru Akamatsu, Masahiko Kumazawa, Takuji Yamamoto
Toyoo Nitta, Tomoo Naito, Shuji Dohi
　 Vasopressin infusion increased blood pressure in a patient with catecholamine-resistant septic shock 155

Keiji Nakatani, Masanori Hayashi, Naoya Hamaoka, Yoshiro Toyoda, Kiyoshi Ohno
　 Introduction of series-parallel connection on plasma exchange
with continuous hemodiafiltration		 157

Ryoichi Mandai, Ryoko Nagata, Kaoru Matsunami
Yutaka Eguchi, Yoshikazu Sai, Shuichi Nosaka