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CONTENTS　Vol.14 No.2 APRIL　2007

    HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE

　 End-of-life issue in the intensive care unit: intensivists at bed-side are requested to make informations public 133

Hirotada KATSUYA
　 Obesity and QT interval prolongation 135

Yu-ki IWASAKI, Keiji TANAKA
　 Hyperbaric oxygenation improves therapeutic effects for bacterial infections 137

Kiyotaka KOHSHI
　 Manual breathing assist respiratory physiotherapy and ventilator-associated lung injury 139

Toru KOTANI
　 Does manual breathing assist technique cause ventilator-induced lung injury? 141

Ryo KOZU

    REVIEW ARTICLE

　 Blood glucose control in critically ill patients 145

Hiroshi MORISAKI, Satoshi YAJIMA, Nobuyuki KATORI
　 Preemptive therapy of phosphodiesterase Ⅲ inhibitor: efficacy and safety 151

Mutsuhito KIKURA, Taiga ITAGAKI, Shigehito SATO

    ORIGINAL ARTICLES

　 The effect of electric countershock on cardiac troponin T (cTnT)
and heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (h-FABP)		 165

Kimihiko KATO, Hideo HIROSE, Tatsuaki MATSUBARA
 Takeshi HIBINO, Kiyoshi YOKOI
　 End-of-life care at the intensive care unit in the Department of Emergency
and Critical Care Medicine, St. Lukeﾕs International Hospital		 171

Norio OTANI, Shinichi ISHIMATSU
　 A simple technique for bedside insertion of transpyloric enteral feeding tubes; without special devices or drugs 177

Keisuke OKUTANI, Hajime HAYAMI, Hiroshi OHKI, Atsuko KOKAWA
 Shoichiro NAGAI, Masahide OHTSUKA, Osamu YAMAGUCHI, Yutaka USUDA
　 Preventing surgical site infection in cardiovascular surgery: evidence based method and appropriate prophylactic administration of antibiotics 187

Ken MIYAHARA, Akio MATSUURA, Katsuhiko YOSHIDA, Shinichi MIZUTANI
 Tadahito EDA, Akemi KAWAMURA, Masayuki KASAMATSU

    CASE REPORTS

　 A severely obese patient surviving cardiopulmonary arrest and exhibiting an interesting relationship
between excessive weight loss and electrocardiographic QT interval prolongation		 197

Koichiro SHINOZAKI, Kenichi MATSUDA, Shigeto ODA, Hidetoshi SHIGA
 Masataka NAKAMURA, Noriyuki HATTORI, Hiroyuki HIRASAWA
　 Sequential measurement of nerve conduction velocity is a valid method for the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy in severe Guillain-Barr・syndrome: report of a case 203

Keita SAITO, Yoshiki MASUDA, Hitoshi IMAIZUMI, Yuko NAWA
 Yuji IWAYAMA, Hiromitsu KURODA, Tomihiro IMAI, Yasufumi ASAI
　 A case of massive hemorrhage caused by tracheoinnominate artery fistula following tracheostomy 207

Hiroo YAMANAKA, Kazuya TACHIBANA, Kaoru MATSUNAMI, Rie ONO, Keiko KINOUCHI
　 A case of iliopsoas abscess successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy 211

Ryo TANAKA, Ryosuke TSURUTA, Tadashi KANEKO, Kotaro KANEDA
 Yasutaka ODA, Takeshi INOUE, Shunji KASAOKA, Tsuyoshi MAEKAWA
　 An acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) case whose ventilator induced lung injury was aggravated by manual breathing assist respiratory physiotherapy 217

Hiroki FUJITA, Mayumi MODI, Kazato ITO, Yukari KONISHI
　 Superior vena cava thrombosis immediately after right pneumonectomy 221

Kentaro TANAKA, Manabu HASHIMOTO, Akira KOUCHI

    BRIEF REPORTS

　 A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection 227

Satoko IKEDA, Sachiko SATO, Shinsei SAEKI
 Hiraku FUJITA, Shunsuke SAITO, Akihiro BESSHO

    LETTER
　 The confusion assessment method for the ICU 229

Ryosuke TSURUTA
　 Sivelestat: friend or foe? 231

To the Editor Shigehiko UCHINO
In Reply Naoki SHIMIZU／Kazuo MARUYAMA／Toshiaki IKEDA