by SmartTots | Jul 25, 2024 | Clinical Articles, News, Research Articles
Using a Medicaid database from 2001 – 2018, researchers undertake an observational study that takes advantage of a natural experiment associated with appendicitis to determine whether anesthesia and surgery in childhood were specifically associated with...
by SmartTots | Jun 17, 2024 | Clinical Articles, News, Research Articles
Data gathered from the original Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Bronchoalveolar Lavage (ACFBAL) trial provided a unique, optimal opportunity to examine the long-term effects of multiple exposures to general anaesthesia in a randomised controlled trial setting. The...
by SmartTots | May 24, 2024 | Clinical Articles, News, Research Articles
The association between prenatal exposure to general anaesthesia for maternal surgery during pregnancy and subsequent risk of disruptive or internalising behavioural disorder diagnosis in the child has not been well-defined. Columbia researchers, led by Caleb Ing,...
by SmartTots | Mar 1, 2024 | Clinical Articles, News, Research Articles
Anesthesia makes painful or uncomfortable diagnostic and interventional health care procedures tolerable, however, it may also disrupt key cellular processes in neurons and glia, harm the developing brain, and thereby impair cognition and behavior in children. Many...
by SmartTots | Jan 4, 2024 | Clinical Articles, Research Articles
Abstract Anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity is a major concern for anesthetists for more than 20 years. Many experimental and clinical studies have been conducted on this topic since late 1990s. However, bibliometric analysis of these papers has not been reported. In...
by SmartTots | Jan 4, 2024 | Clinical Articles, Research Articles
Abstract Background and objectives: Early exposure to analgesics and sedatives is a key concern for later learning disorders in children. The hippocampus, a key region for learning and memory, may be selectively affected by exposure to benzodiazepines that are...
