Is Anesthesia Bad for the Newborn Brain?

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-284

  McCann, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Soriano, Sulpicio G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Neonate; Neuroapoptosis; Neurocognition; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE; ENFLURANE; ESTRADIOL; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOREA; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; COGNITION; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 68949110163     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.05.007     Document Type: Review

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