Evidence for the need for anaesthesia in the neonate

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-484

  Weber, Frank ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Brain; Consciousness; Memory; Neonate; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SURGERY; PAIN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STRESS; ANESTHESIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MEMORY; PAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952111702     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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