by SmartTots | Oct 24, 2015 | Research Articles
Presented as ASA, October 24, 2015 Jurgen C. De Graaff, M.D.,Ph.D., Gijs van Kerckhoven, M.D., Wietze Pasma, D.V.M., Leo Van Wolfswinkel, M.D.,Ph.D. Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Background: An increasing number of animal- and...
by SmartTots | Oct 22, 2015 | News
EDITORIAL Steven Roth, MD In this month’s issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Cheng et al.1 describe how isoflurane produces apoptosis in the retina in 7-day-old mouse pups. They found that exposure to 2% isoflurane for 1 hour resulted in apoptosis in cells in the...
by SmartTots | Oct 16, 2015 | Research Articles
The Lancet, October 2015 Summary Background Neonates who are in pain or are stressed during care in the intensive care unit (ICU) are often given sedation or analgesia. We investigated the current use of sedation or analgesia in neonatal ICUs (NICUs) in European...
by SmartTots | Oct 16, 2015 | Research Articles
Korean J Anesthesiol. 2015 Oct Si Ra Bang Abstract Neonates undergoing surgery are at higher risk than older children for anesthesia-related adverse events. During the perioperative period, the maintenance of optimal hemodynamics in these patients is challenging and...
by SmartTots | Oct 13, 2015 | News
San Francisco – October 13, 2015 – SmartTots today released an updated consensus statement that emphasizes a need for more research into the safety of anesthetics and sedatives administered to infants and young children under the age of 4. The statement was endorsed...
