by SmartTots | Mar 9, 2016 | Media, News
Research suggests that general anesthesia can be harmful to infant brains. By using a local anesthetic administered by spinal, doctors at UVM Medical Center operated on 12-day-old Mira Barr who was awake, comfortable and even gets a little sleepy. UVM Medical Center...
by SmartTots | Dec 7, 2015 | Media, News
The Wall Street Journal, DEC. 7, 2015 More hospitals evaluate spinal anesthesia for surgeries that last 1½ hours or less Lisa and Mike Barr chose to have their infant, Mira, undergo spinal anesthesia during surgery, a new approach to anesthesia that leaves...