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CONTENTS Vol.14 No.1 JANUARY 2007

    HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE

  Intensivists and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients 1

Hidekazu YUKIOKA

  Warning! Warning! Prolonged APTT!! …may end in grave situation 3

Satoshi GANDO

  Re-expansion pulmonary edema. Hypovolemic shock in its pathogenesis 6

Makoto SAWAFUJI

  Advantages of bicarbonate buffered dialysate for neonatal peritoneal dialysis 8

Hiroyuki NAGAFUCHI

  Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia(NOMI) 10

Akio KIDOKORO, Toshiaki IBA

  Cytokine-related genetic polymorphism in critical care medicine 14

Hiroyuki HIRASAWA, Shigeto ODA, Eizo WATANABE, Takaaki NAKADA
Ryuzo ABE, Shunsuke OTANI

  Transcutaneous pacing(TCP) revisited? 17

Chikao IBUKI

  Tetanus and magnesium ions 19

Yoshiaki SATO

  Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation can reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia 23

Naohiko CHOHNABAYASHI

    REVIEW ARTICLE

  Neuroprotective strategies during cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass 27

Yasuyuki KAKIHANA

    ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  The AMP-1311, a newly developed polysulfone hemofilter, for continuous hemofiltration: a multi-center study 37

Mitsugi SUGIYAMA, Seiichiro FUJITA, Yasufumi ASAI, Hiromichi SUZUKI
Tetsuya MITARAI, Katsuya AKASHI, Kazui SOMA, Hideki KAWANISHI

  Physician staffing pattern and outcomes of trauma patients in a department of emergency and critical care 47

Jun UEHARA, Shigehiko UCHINO, Takashi MATOU, Hiroto KASAI, Shin TAKENOUCHI

  Efficacy and perspectives of pediatric intensive care units in Japan 53

Yoshio SAKURAI, Masanori TAMURA

    CASE REPORTS

  A case of acquired hemophilia turned out after evacuation of subcutaneous hematoma 57

Teruyuki HIRAKI, Satoko URABE, Tatsuhiko KANO

  A case of severe hypovolemic shock with reexpansion pulmonary edema 61

Satoru BEPPU, Kunihiko KOOGUCHI, Michihiko FUKUI, Takeshi OSAWA
Shizuka INOUE, Tomoki YAMADA

  A case of a neonate with multiple organ failure treated by bicarbonate-buffered peritoneal dialysis 65 65

Toshihisa ICHIBA, Makoto TAKATORI, Keiichi TADA

  A case of nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia that could not be diagnosed despite diagnostic laparotomy 71

Takeshi SAWADA, Hiromitsu KURODA, Yoshiki MASUDA, Hitoshi IMAIZUMI
Hiroomi TATSUMI, Takuro OBAMA, Fumitake HATA, Yasufumi ASAI

    RAPID PUBLICATIONS

  The evaluation of efficacy and safety for micafungin in the deep-seated mycosis 77

Nobuhisa MATSUHASHI, Kazunori YAWATA, Yuka IKEGAME, Shuji KUWABARA
Masao TAKEMURA, Nobuo MURAKAMI, Izumi TOYODA, Shinji OGURA

  The influence of IL-1 gene cluster polymorphisms on the outcome through IL-1ra/IL-1β imbalance in intensive care unit patients 81

Risa SUZUKI, Hiroyuki HIRASAWA, Shigeto ODA, Masataka NAKAMURA
Eizo WATANABE, Ryuzo ABE, Takaaki NAKADA, Shunsuke OTANI

    BRIEF REPORTS

  A case of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to cardiac sarcoidosis successfully resuscitated with transcutaneous pacing 85

Taku MAYAHARA, Tatsuya ITO

  A case report using two times computed tomography after iliac artery rupture caused by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty 87

Yoshio YAMAMOTO, Masahito NOGUCHI, Akira TAKAHASHI

  Magnesium sulfate treatment in a patient with tetanus 89

Daisuke INUI, Yasushi FUKUTA, Jun OTO, Masaji NISHIMURA

  Effect of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for the reduction of frequency in culture revealed methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus 91

Shinhiro TAKEDA, Shinji AKADA, Katsuyuki TERAJIMA, Norihito SUZUKI
Taiji AOTO, Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO, Keiji TANAKA, Atsuhiro SAKAMOTO

  A case of suspected acute fatty liver of pregnancy 93

Mayu IMAI, Yasushi FUKUTA, Daisuke INUI, Toyokazu MIKI
Jun OTO, Masaji NISHIMURA

  A case of status asthmaticus ―dramatic improvement following external chest compression and inhalation of a β2 agonist under mechanical ventilation 95

Hiroki MIURA, Hiroshi MATSUOKA, Masahiko TANIGUCHI
Mitsuo OSHIKAWA, Toshiro HAMAKAWA, Mayumi TAKASAKI

  A case report of eosinophilic pleural effusion during dantrolene administration 97

Susumu KAWANISHI, Tatsuya HIGASHI, Masami ISHIKAWA
Kosuke NAKAMURA, Mineo MIYAZAKI

    LETTER

  Roles of hyperbaric oxygen in intensive care 99

Kiyotaka KOHSHI