by SmartTots | Jan 10, 2014 | Research Articles
Anesth Analg, January 2014. Cheng Y, Levy RJ. Abstract Background: Volatile anesthetics cause widespread apoptosis in the developing brain. Carbon monoxide (CO) has antiapoptotic properties, and exhaled endogenous CO is commonly rebreathed during low-flow anesthesia...
by SmartTots | Jan 10, 2014 | Research Articles
San Francisco CA (January 10, 2014) – SmartTots is proud to endorse the EuroSTAR – SmartTots Scientific Network Meeting on Pediatric Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity From the GAS Study to future collaborative trials, taking place in Genoa, Italy on May 23-24,...
by SmartTots | Jan 3, 2014 | Research Articles
Br. J. Anaesth, January 2014. Deng M, Hofacer R, Jiang C, Joseph B, Hughes E, Jia B, Danzer S, Loepke A. Abstract Background: General anaesthesia facilitates surgical operations and painful interventions in millions of patients every year. Recent observations of...
by SmartTots | Dec 26, 2013 | Research Articles
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, December 2013. Bai X, Twaroski D, Bosnjak ZJ. Abstract Mounting preclinical evidence in rodents and nonhuman primates has demonstrated that prolonged exposure of developing animals to general anesthetics can induce widespread neuronal...
by SmartTots | Dec 11, 2013 | Research Articles
British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2012 Dec;109 Suppl 1. McCann ME, Soriano SG. Abstract Anaesthetic-induced developmental neurotoxicity (AIDN) has been clearly established in laboratory animal models. The possibility of neurotoxicity during uneventful anaesthetic...
