Neurotoxicity of generic anesthesia agents in infants and children: An orphan research question in search of a sponsor

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1515-1516

  Psaty, Bruce M ^a,b   Platt, Richard ^c,d   Altman, Russ B ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GENERIC DRUG; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPOFOL; NEUROTOXIN;

APOPTOSIS; BLEEDING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EXPOSURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUGS, GENERIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROTOXINS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84928379219     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.1149     Document Type: Short Survey

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