Optimizing surgical technique is an important part of improving outcomes in cesarean
delivery. It is unclear whether uterine exteriorization is associated with hemostasis benefits …

General anesthesia has been unequivocally linked to abnormal development of the central
nervous system, leading to neurocognitive impairments in laboratory models. In vitro and in …

Background: Children are required to fast before elective general anesthesia. This study
hypothesized that prolonged fasting causes volume depletion that manifests as low blood …

Background: Intraoperative isoelectric electroencephalography (EEG) has been associated
with hypotension and postoperative delirium in adults. This international prospective …

Safeguarding cerebral function is of major importance during pediatric anesthesia.
Premature, ex‐premature, and full‐term neonates can be vulnerable to physiological …

Objective Acute kidney injury is a severe complication and one of the stronger risk factors for
death in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The relationship between postoperative brain …

Infants who undergo surgical procedures in the first few months of life are at a higher risk of
death or subsequent neurodevelopmental abnormalities. Although the pathogenesis of …

Goal-directed therapy based on brain-oxygen saturation (bSo2) is controversial and hotly
debated. While meta-analyses of aggregated data have shown no clinical benefit for brain …

Background It is believed that negative postoperative behavioral changes (NPOBC) is
associated with negative perioperative outcomes in children. The importance of …

Inhaled sevoflurane and intravenous (IV) propofol are 2 of the primary drugs used to
anesthetize children. Dosing for these agents is guided by monitoring expired concentration …