by SmartTots | Jan 3, 2016 | Research Articles
The effect of neonatal anesthesia and pain on the developing brain is of considerable clinical importance, but few studies have evaluated noxious surgical input to the infant brain under anesthesia. Herein, the authors tested the effect of increasing isoflurane...
by SmartTots | Dec 15, 2015 | Research Articles
HealthDay News — Improvements in training, clinical practice, and communication related to neurotoxicity associated with general anesthesia in young children are needed, according to research published in Pediatric Anesthesia. Christopher G. Ward, MD, of the...
by SmartTots | Dec 10, 2015 | Research Articles
Arch Med Sci. Zheng X1, Zhou J1, Xia Y1. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Ketamine is commonly used in pediatric anesthesia but recent studies have shown that it could induce neurotoxicity in the developing brain. The inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) is...
by SmartTots | Dec 7, 2015 | News
The Wall Street Journal, DEC. 7, 2015 More hospitals evaluate spinal anesthesia for surgeries that last 1½ hours or less Lisa and Mike Barr chose to have their infant, Mira, undergo spinal anesthesia during surgery, a new approach to anesthesia that leaves...
by SmartTots | Dec 6, 2015 | News
San Francisco – November 10, 2015 – SmartTots today released a supplement to their recently updated Consensus Statement. Immediately following the announcement of the secondary outcomes from the clinical trial, General Anesthesia Compared to Spinal Anesthesia (the...
