by SmartTots | Oct 15, 2012 | Research Articles
American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Anesthesiology 2012 Monday, Oct 15, 2012; 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Location: 206 Session Track: Pediatric Anesthesia (PD) This panel will provide an update and overview of the evidence suggesting a relationship between anesthetic...
by SmartTots | Oct 13, 2012 | Research Articles
Ramsay JG, Roizen M, Davidson A Paediatr Anaesth. 2012 Oct;22(10):969-72. Summary A history of the public–private partnership ‘SmartTots’ between the IARS and FDA is presented. In order to raise money for research to better understand the relationship between sedative...
by SmartTots | Oct 8, 2012 | News
Over the last decade, studies in rodents and non-human primates have found that exposure to anesthetic agents during sensitive periods of brain development results in widespread neuronal apoptosis and functional deficits later in life. Recent population-based birth...
by SmartTots | Oct 2, 2012 | Research Articles
Ann Neurol. 2012 Oct;72(4):525-35. Brambrink AM, Back SA, Riddle A, Gong X, Moravec MD, Dissen GA, Creeley CE, Dikranian KT, Olney JW. Abstract OBJECTIVE: Previously we reported that exposure of 6-day-old (P6) rhesus macaques to isoflurane for 5 hours triggers a...
by SmartTots | Sep 20, 2012 | Research Articles
Sall JW, Stratmann G, Leong J, Woodward E, Bickler PE Anesthesiology. 2012 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract BACKGROUND:: Propofol in the early postnatal period has been shown to cause brain cell death. One proposed mechanism for cognitive dysfunction after...
