Spring 2011 has been marked with numerous studies on the effects of anesthesia in children. Here are 10 recent findings about the effects of anesthesia on pediatric patients, according to studies from ...

A new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine has found that multiple doses of general anesthesia do not harm brain function in young children, providing reassurance to parents and ...

There is little or no risk of death related to anesthesia in healthy children, according to a study conducted at Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and published in the June 2011 issue of ...

Pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED) can include unawareness of surroundings, restlessness, and inconsolability, and can lead to risk of injury and accidental removal of catheters. In this ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants who are given general anesthesia more than once are twice as likely to have learning disabilities later on than children never exposed to the drugs, a new study ...

At a March 10 meeting on anesthesia in pediatric patients, the Food and Drug Administration concluded that information is insufficient to draw a definitive conclusion on the effects of anesthesia on ...

American Society of Anesthesiologists is taking action to educate parents about the increased risk of complications faced by obese children undergoing anesthesia, according to an ASA release. The ...

ROCHESTER, Minn., March 25 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found children who had multiple surgeries under anesthesia before age 3 are at higher risk of learning disabilities later. Using data from the ...

First author Jiafa Zeng pushes the breath from the sample bag into a mass spectrometer to analyze the metabolites in the exhaled air. Not too much and not too little: the dosage of drugs must be ...

Multiple exposure to anesthesia in infants may lead to learning difficulties. Oct. 3, 2011— -- Infants who are put under for surgery more than once before the age of 2 may be at increased risk of ...

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