by SmartTots | Mar 9, 2016 | News
Research suggests that general anesthesia can be harmful to infant brains. By using a local anesthetic administered by spinal, doctors at UVM Medical Center operated on 12-day-old Mira Barr who was awake, comfortable and even gets a little sleepy. UVM Medical Center...
by SmartTots | Mar 8, 2016 | Research Articles
Sci Rep. Noguchi KK1, Johnson SA1, Kristich LE1, Martin LD2, Dissen GA3, Olsen EA4, Olney JW1, Brambrink AM4. Abstract Exposure of infant animals, including non-human primates (NHPs), to anaesthetic drugs causes apoptotic death of neurons and oligodendrocytes (oligos)...
by SmartTots | Mar 8, 2016 | Research Articles
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. Pancaro C1, Segal BS1, Sikes RW2, Almeer Z1, Schumann R1, Azocar RJ1, Marchand JE1. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Early exposure to common anesthetic and sedative agents causes widespread brain cell degeneration and apoptosis in the developing rat...
by SmartTots | Mar 1, 2016 | Research Articles
Abstract BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients with severe inflammation often exhibit heightened sensitivity to general anesthetics; however, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Inflammation increases the number of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA)...
by SmartTots | Feb 2, 2016 | Research Articles
M Weiss. T G Hansen. T Engelhardt Annually, millions of neonates and young infants worldwide are submitted to surgery and general anaesthesia. The safety of providing anaesthesia for these patients has recently been cast into doubt based on a large number of animal...
