Two major literature review articles and three editorials by experts on the effects of anesthesia in the developing brain were published in a recent issue of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), to address a warning issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2016 noting that repeated or lengthy use of general anesthesia and sedation drugs may affect the development of children’s brains. The warning was based primarily on results from studies of laboratory animals that may not translate to humans.
Recent Posts
- 2024 Annual Meeting, presented by the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), May 17-19, 2024, Seattle, WA
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Pediatric Anesthesiology 2024, April 12-14, 2024, Anaheim, CA
- Duration of Fetoscopic Spina Bifida Repair Does Not Affect the Central Nervous System in Fetal Lambs.
- Melatonin attenuates sevoflurane-induced hippocampal damage and cognitive deficits in neonatal mice by suppressing CypD in parvalbumin neurons.
- Engeletin Ameliorates Sevoflurane-Induced Cognitive Impairment by Activating PPAR-Gamma in Neonatal Mice.