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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Multiple exposures to general anesthesia before age 5 years are linked to lower IQ, decreased verbal and perceptual skills, and increased behavioral issues in children. “[W]e found an association ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric patients undergoing treatment with radiation therapy often have difficulty tolerating the process of ...

Children prenatally exposed to anesthesia for maternal surgery during pregnancy were significantly more likely than unexposed children to receive a diagnosis of a disruptive or internalizing ...

Children who require both dental and non-dental medical procedures should have them completed under one general anesthesia session whenever possible, which is ideal for both the patient and family, ...

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 ...

The San Diego Police Department says it's investigating the death of a 9-year-old girl who passed away just hours after undergoing dental surgery that involved anesthesia. Alexis Rivas has details.

Nemours Children’s Health has named Dr. Mark Twite its Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia and Co-Director of the Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center in the Delaware Valley. In this new role, Dr. Twite will ...

Tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils to help with breathing and infections. Most tonsillectomies are outpatient ...