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Original Articles

• Changes in Heart Rate Variability in Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery Under Spinal or General Anesthesia (1 September, 1999)

  Minna Bäcklund, Lauri Toivonen, Marjata Tuominen, Pertti Pere, Leena Lindgren
• Efficacy of Simulated Intravenous Test Dose in the Elderly During General Anesthesia (1 September, 1999)

  Makoto Tanaka, Toshiaki Nishikawa
• Cardiovascular Effects of 6% Hetastarch and Lactated Ringer's Solution During Spinal Anesthesia (1 September, 1999)

  Peter Marhofer, Barbara Faryniak, Christiane Oismüller, Herbert Koinig, Stefan Kapral, Nikolaus Mayer
• Enhancement of Axillary Brachial Plexus Block Anesthesia by Coadministration of Neostigmine (1 September, 1999)

  Hans Georg Bone, Hugo Van Aken, Michael Booke, Hartmut Bürkle
• Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: Variation in Approach and Results in 360 Cases (1 September, 1999)

  Carlos H. Salazar, Wenceslao Espinosa
• Over-the-Needle Versus Microcatheter-Through-Needle Technique for Continuous Spinal Anesthesia: A Preliminary Study (1 September, 1999)

  Varadarajan Muralidhar, Heera L. Kaul, Piyush Mallick
• Use of Clonidine in Hernia Patients: Intramuscular Versus Surgical Site (1 September, 1999)

  Neil Roy Connelly, Scott S. Reuben, Michael Albert, David Page, Charles S. Gibson, Annemarie Moineau, Kelly L. Dixon, Holly Maciolek
• Use of Clonidine as a Component of the Peribulbar Block in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery (1 September, 1999)

  Neil Roy Connelly, Giovanni Camerlenghi, Michele Bilodeau, Stephen Hall, Scott S. Reuben, John Papale
• A Systematic Review of Intra-articular Local Anesthesia for Postoperative Pain Relief After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery (1 September, 1999)

  Steen Møiniche, Søren Mikkelsen, Jørn Wetterslev, Jørgen Berg Dahl
• A Comparison of Continuous Epidural Infusion and Intermittent Intravenous Bolus Doses of Morphine in Children Undergoing Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (1 September, 1999)

  Shobha Malviya, Uma A. Pandit, Sandra Merkel, Terri Voepel-Lewis, Laura Zang, Monica Siewert, Alan R. Tait, Karin Muraszko
• Effects of Levobupivacaine, Bupivacaine, and Ropivacaine on Tail-Flick Response and Motor Function in Rats Following Epidural or Intrathecal Administration (1 September, 1999)

  Yuko Kanai, Shingo Tateyama, Tadashi Nakamura, Toshiharu Kasaba, Mayumi Takasaki