by SmartTots | Jul 5, 2017 | Research Articles
Abstract Considering that growing population of very young children is exposed to general anesthesia every year, it is of utmost importance to understand how and whether such practice may affect the development and growth of their very immature and vulnerable brains....
by SmartTots | Jul 5, 2017 | Research Articles
Abstract BACKGROUND: It is difficult to differentiate between the potential adverse effects of general anesthesia (GA) on the developing brain and the role of associated co-morbidities and syndromes that can adversely affect neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonates...
by SmartTots | Jul 5, 2017 | Research Articles
Abstract Growing and consistent preclinical evidence, combined with early clinical epidemiological observations, suggest potentially neurotoxic effects of commonly used anesthetic agents in the developing brain. This has prompted the FDA to issue a safety warning for...
by SmartTots | Jul 5, 2017 | Research Articles
Abstract OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to assess the effects of plumbagin on isoflurane-induced neurotoxicity. METHODS: Neonatal Sprague Dawley rat pups were treated with plumbagin (50, 100 or 150 mg/kg body weight, orally) from postnatal day 2. The pups...
by SmartTots | Jul 5, 2017 | Research Articles
Abstract BACKGROUND: . Experimental studies in animals have shown that exposure to general anaesthesia in infancy can cause loss of cells in the central nervous system and long-term impairments in neurocognitive function. Some human epidemiological studies have shown...
