Lasting impact of general anaesthesia on the brain: mechanisms and relevance

L Vutskits, Z Xie - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
General anaesthesia is usually considered to safely induce a reversible brain state allowing
the performance of surgery under optimal conditions. An increasing number of clinical and …

Retinoblastoma

H Dimaras, TW Corson, D Cobrinik, A White… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer of the infant retina that is diagnosed in approximately 8,000
children each year worldwide. It forms when both retinoblastoma gene (RB1) alleles are …

Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international, multicentre, randomised …

ME McCann, JC De Graaff, L Dorris, N Disma… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background In laboratory animals, exposure to most general anaesthetics leads to
neurotoxicity manifested by neuronal cell death and abnormal behaviour and cognition …

Neuropsychological and behavioral outcomes after exposure of young children to procedures requiring general anesthesia: the Mayo Anesthesia Safety in Kids …

DO Warner, MJ Zaccariello, SK Katusic… - …, 2018 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Few studies of how exposure of children to anesthesia may affect
neurodevelopment employ comprehensive neuropsychological assessments. This study …

Association between a single general anesthesia exposure before age 36 months and neurocognitive outcomes in later childhood

LS Sun, G Li, TLK Miller, C Salorio, MW Byrne… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Exposure of young animals to commonly used anesthetics causes neurotoxicity
including impaired neurocognitive function and abnormal behavior. The potential …

Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age after general anaesthesia and awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international multicentre, randomised …

AJ Davidson, N Disma, JC De Graaff, DE Withington… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Preclinical data suggest that general anaesthetics affect brain development.
There is mixed evidence from cohort studies that young children exposed to anaesthesia …

[HTML][HTML] Morbidity and mortality after anaesthesia in early life: results of the European prospective multicentre observational study, neonate and children audit of …

N Disma, F Veyckemans, K Virag, TG Hansen… - British journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Neonates and infants requiring anaesthesia are at risk of physiological
instability and complications, but triggers for peri-anaesthetic interventions and associations …

Effect of anesthesia on the developing brain: infant and fetus

DB Andropoulos - Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 2018 - karger.com
The potential for commonly used anesthetics and sedatives to cause neuroapoptosis and
other neurodegenerative changes in the developing mammalian brain has become evident …

Association of anesthesia and surgery during childhood with long-term academic performance

P Glatz, RH Sandin, NL Pedersen, AK Bonamy… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The results of preclinical studies suggest that anesthetic drugs administered to
neonatal animals cause widespread neuronal apoptosis and later neurocognitive …

Association between exposure of young children to procedures requiring general anesthesia and learning and behavioral outcomes in a population-based birth …

D Hu, RP Flick, MJ Zaccariello, RC Colligan… - …, 2017 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Exposure of young animals to general anesthesia causes neurodegeneration
and lasting behavioral abnormalities; whether these findings translate to children remains …