Contents

Full papers

• Xenon-i.v. fails to produce anesthesia in rodents
  P. Hanne, T. Goto, K. Suwa, S. Morita

• Evaluation of bispectral index (BIS) for anaesthetic depth monitoring in pigs
  M. Schmidt, C. Papp-Jambor, T. Marx, U. Schirmer, H. Reinelt

• Is xenon anaesthesia cerebrotoxic? –  A comparative study with halothane using protein S-100 determination
  M. Schmidt, C. Papp-Jambor, U. Schirmer, G. Steinbach, T. Max, H. Reinelt

• Time constants of xenon elimination after anaesthesia
  T. Marx, J. Kotzerke, S. Musati, Ch. Ring, M. Schmidt, H. Reinelt, G. Fröba

• Transcranial doppler flow velocity vs. cerebral blood flow in pigs – A validation study using the radioactive microspheres method
  M. Schmidt, C. Papp-Jambor, U. Schirmer, J. Kotzerke, P. Topalidis, T. Marx, H. Reinelt

• AMSORB reduces the compound A production in vitro and clinical results
  A. Di Filippo, F. Marini, M. Pacenti, F. Forfori, F. Giunta, G. P. Novelli

Abstracts

• Nitrogen accumulation during closed circuit anesthesia depends on type of surgery
  P. Hanne, T. Goto, K. Suwa, S. Morita

• Compound A production during in vitro sevoflurane closed circuit administration with different CO2 absorbents
  L. Versichelen, M. P. Bouche, M. Struys, G. Rolly

• Effects of positive inotropic stimulation on isolated cardiac muscles under the influence of the noble gas xenon
  O. Alkanoglu, S. Schroth, U. Schotten, M. Reyle-Hahn, P. Hanrath, R. Rossaint

• Fresh gas flow is not the only determinant of volatile agent consumption
  J. F. Coetzee

• Diffusion of xenon and nitrous oxide into the bowel
  H. Reinelt, U. Schirmer, P. Topalidis, T. Marx, M. Schmidt

• Effect of 70% xenon anaesthesia on pulmonary artery pressure
  M. Schmidt, C. Papp-Jambor, T. Marx, U. Schirmer, H. Reinelt

• Cerebral autoregulation in xenon anaesthesia as compared with halothane anaesthesia
  M. Schmidt, C. Papp-Jambor, T. Marx, U. Schirmer, H. Reinelt

• Diffusion of xenon and nitrous oxide into the bowel under conditions of ileus
  H. Reinelt, U. Schirmer, P. Topalidis, S. Lüderwald, T. Marx, M. Schmidt

• Influence of nitrous oxide and xenon on ICP
  M. Schmidt, S. Armbruster, U. Schirmer, T. Marx, H. Reinelt

• The workplace contamination with nitrous oxide and desflurane is dependent on the anaesthetic procedure
  H. Reinelt, U. Franke, N. Mihanovic, T. Marx, M. Schmidt

• BIS and INEEG monitoring during xenon anaesthesia
  A. Volovik, V. Lickvantzev, V. Soubbotine, O. Petrov, V. Vinigradov, A. Sitnikov, N. Burov

• The first steps applying low flow anesthesia (LFA) in ChoRay Hospital – Vietnam
  H. T. Hung

• Desaturation events with high flow & near-closed circuit anesthesia
  J. A. Aldrete

• The in vitro degradation of sevoflurane to formaldehyde following exposure to CO₂ absorbents
  A. Bedi, A. C. Gallagher, J. P. H. Fee, J. M. Murray

Invited Lecturs

Session: Xenon

• Xenon as inhalation anaesthetic – Results from animal studies
  T. Marx, M. Schmidt, U. Schirmer, H. Reinelt

• Xenon anesthesia – Results from human studies
  T. Goto

• Applying xenon technologies in Russia
  N. E. Burov, G. N. Makeev, V. N. Potapov

Session: New aspects in low flow anaesthesia

• Low flow and intravenous anaesthesia: Allies or combatants?
  J. F. Coetzee

• Concepts to reduce costs in anesthesia
  F. Giunta, V. M. Ranieri, A. Ferrari, F. Forfori

• Low flow and the respiratory system
  F. Konrad

• Update on low flow anaesthesia in clinical practice
  J. Baum

Session: Anaesthesia and environment

• History and present of nitrous oxide
  U. Schirmer

• Production of anaesthetic gases and environment
  F. Schucht

• Development of an adsorption/membrane based system for carbon dioxide, nitrogen and spur gases removal from a nitrous oxide and xenon anaesthetic closed loop
  A. M. M. Mendes

Session: Miscellaneous

• Xenon for advanced rocket propulsion
  H. W. Loeb

• Is there life inside the respirator?
  W. A. Krueger

• The state of vital systems of an organism under exposure to xenon
  S. Vovk, A. V. Lukinov, S. A. Naoumov, S. V. Naoumov, V. Smetannikov