Anesthetics and the developing brain: Time for a change in practice? A pro/con debate

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 973-980

  Vutskits, Laszlo ^a,b   Davis, Peter J ^c,d   Hansen, Tom G ^e,f  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anesthesia; cognitive deficit; development; neurotoxicity; newborn

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANESTHETICS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 84866241727     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12015     Document Type: Review

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