Anesthetic-related neurotoxicity and the developing brain: Shall we change practice?

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Vutskits, Laszlo ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Children; Neurobehavioural manifestations; Neurologic manifestations

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENOBARBITAL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE;

ANESTHETICS; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 83455172779     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: 11792019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11592840-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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