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  • Print publication year: 2011
  • Online publication date: December 2011

Chapter 5 - Anesthetic drugs and the developing fetal brain

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Controversies in Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia
  • Online ISBN: 9780511734847
  • Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511734847
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Further reading

BlaylockM, EnglehardtT & BissonnetteB. Fundamentals of neuronal apoptosis relevant to pediatric anesthesia. Paediatr Anaesth 2010; 20: 383–95.
IstaphanousG K & LoepkeA W. General anesthetics and the developing brain. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2009; 22: 368–73.
LoepkeA W & SorianoS G. An assessment of the effects of general anesthetics on developing brain structure and neurocognitive function. Anesth Analg 2008; 106: 1681–707.
RappaportB, MellonR D, SimoneA & WoodcockJ. Defining safe use of anesthesia in children. N Engl J Med 2011; 364: 1387–90.
SandersR D & DavidsonA. Anesthetic-induced neurotoxicity of the neonate: time for clinical guidelines? Paediatr Anaesth 2009; 19: 1141–6.

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