Does anaesthesia harm the developing brain - Evidence or speculation?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-200

  Davidson, Andrew ^a,c   Soriano, Sulpicio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EXPOSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 1642330018     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01140.x     Document Type: Editorial

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