by SmartTots | Jun 2, 2017 | News
The European anesthesiology societies have developed and published a consensus statement in response to the December FDA warning. Copies of the statement and related European Journal of Anesthesiology editorial are attached for your information. Use of anaesthetics...
by SmartTots | Apr 14, 2017 | Events, News
IARS 2017 Annual Meeting and International Science Symposium Panel Session Sunday, May 7 7:30 – 9:30 AM, EST The Neuroscience of Brain Development: Opportunities and Alternative Perspectives for Pediatric Anesthesia Research Introduction – Santhanam...
by SmartTots | Mar 19, 2017 | News, Research Articles
Repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs in infants, toddlers and pregnant women in their third trimester might damage children’s developing brains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this month. Upset that the warning about pregnant...
by SmartTots | Mar 19, 2017 | News, Research Articles
Children’s hospitals across Canada are advising parents not to delay necessary surgeries out of fears raised by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning that repeated or lengthy exposure to general anesthesia may harm brain development in children under 3. The FDA...
by SmartTots | Mar 19, 2017 | News, Research Articles
Repeated or lengthy use — longer than three hours — of general anesthetic and sedation drugs may harm the developing brains of fetuses and children younger than 3 years old, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. After reviewing the latest published...
by SmartTots | Dec 31, 2016 | News
On Wednesday, December 14, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Drug Safety Communication warning that; “repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic or sedation drugs during surgeries or procedures in children younger than three...
