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Recent Study Shows No Difference between General Anesthesia and Regional Anesthesia in Short Duration Surgery

by SmartTots | Oct 29, 2015 | News

Brief exposure to anesthetizing chemicals does not cause future neurological problems large study finds The Anesthesia Dilemma A recent study finds that brief exposure to anesthetizing chemicals does not cause future neurological problems. Early-life exposure to...

Neuroinflammation and Ischemic Neurodegeneration in the Central Nervous System of Newborn Piglets After Isoflurane Anesthesia

by SmartTots | Oct 27, 2015 | Research Articles

Presented at ASA, October 27, 2015 Emmett E. Whitaker, M.D., Bruno Bissonnette, M.D., Joseph Tobias, M.D., Christopher Pierson, M.D.,Ph.D., Tanner Koppert, B.S., Fievos L Christofi, Ph.D. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio , United States Background:...

Dexmedetomidine Mitigates Neuroapoptosis Induced by Prenatal Intravenous Anesthetic Exposure in Rats

by SmartTots | Oct 26, 2015 | Research Articles

Presented at ASA, October 26, 2015  Rita S. Shah, M.D., Ming Xiong, M.D.,Ph.D., Jing Li, M.D.,Ph.D., Jiang H. Ye, M.D., Alex Y. Bekker, M.D.,Ph.D. New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States  Background:...

Latent Class Analysis of Neuropsychological Deficit After Exposure to Anesthesia in Early Childhood

by SmartTots | Oct 26, 2015 | Research Articles

Presented as ASA, October 26, 2015   Caleb H. Ing, M.D., Melanie Wall, Ph.D., Charles DiMaggio, Ph.D., Andrew Whitehouse, Ph.D., Mary Hegarty, M.B.,B.S., Britta von Ungern-Sternberg, M.D., Guohua Li, M.B., Lena Sun, M.D. Columbia University Medical Center, New York,...

Potential Adverse Effects of Prolonged Sevoflurane Exposure on Developing Monkey Brain: From Abnormal Lipid Metabolism to Neuronal Damage

by SmartTots | Oct 26, 2015 | Research Articles

Toxicol Sci. Liu F1, Rainosek SW2, Frisch-Daiello JL3, Patterson TA4, Paule MG4, Slikker W Jr5, Wang C4, Han X3. Abstract Sevoflurane is a volatile anesthetic that has been widely used in general anesthesia, yet its safety in pediatric use is a public concern. This...
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  • A Scoping Review of the Mechanisms Underlying Developmental Anesthetic Neurotoxicity
  • 2025 Annual Meeting, presented by the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), March 20 – 23, 2025, Honolulu, HI
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  • Long-term outcomes of early exposure to repeated general anaesthesia in children with cystic fibrosis (CF-GAIN): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled phase 4 trial. Claire Elizabeth Wainwright, et al. June 2024
  • Columbia University Physician Scientist and SmartTots Investigator, Caleb Ing, MD, publishes new findings regarding prenatal exposure to general anesthesia and subsequent risk to the child.

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