Anesthetists rather than anesthetics are the threat to baby brains

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 881-882

  Weiss, Markus ^a   Bissonnette, Bruno ^b,c   Engelhardt, Thomas ^d   Soriano, Sulpicio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD SAFETY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXEMIA; IMMATURITY; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING DISORDERS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84883499534     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12200     Document Type: Editorial

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