The pediatrician and anesthesia neurotoxicity

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NOTE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION;

EID: 80355148226     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2489     Document Type: Note

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