BACKGROUND A moderate insufflation pressure and deep neuromuscular blockade (NMB) have been recommended in laparoscopic surgery in consideration of the possible reduction in splanchnic perfusion due to the CO2-pneumoperitoneum. Since the liver is the major organ for rocuronium metabolism, the question of whether NMB of rocuronium would change with the variation of liver perfusion during pneumop...

Since the announcement by Hunt in 1905 of a new effect of thyroid substance in protecting mice against acetonitrile poisoning, interest has centered upon this problem. Basing his opinion on a long series of experiments, Hunt, in his original and subsequent papers, reported that the test was a sensitive and specific one for thyroid substance, and that the degree of protection afforded to mice by...

BRAUNWALD 1 Effects of Antimony on the Cardiovascular System and Intestinal Smooth Muscle. MARION DE\. COTrEN AND MARY ELLA LOGAN 7 Comparison of the Effects of 1)oparniue, Isoproterenol, Norepinephrine and Bradykinin on Canine Renal and Femoral Blood Flow. Joiis L. MCNAY AND LEON I. GOLDBERG 23 Antagonism of Epinephrine-Induced Cardiac Arrhythmias by 4-(2-Isopropylamino1-Hydroxyethyl)-Methanes...

Since the Food and Drug Administration approved the da Vinci Surgical System in 2000, robotic surgery is becoming increasingly popular in the operating room. Despite its popularity and proposed benefits, robotic surgeries encompass many complications that are often confounded by the patient's physiology and comorbidities. This article illustrates a case study of a patient who underwent a da Vin...