Thanks to advances in medicine, premature babies and others born with complications are more likely than ever to live full, healthy lives. But this also means more infants and toddlers will need ...

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Reading time: < 1 minute Mariah Gosling and her new book. The story follows Toby, a young sea turtle who feels nervous before surgery. He soon discovers “magic bubbles”—a child-friendly symbol of ...

Researchers in Japan conducted a randomized clinical trial in 177 children (age, 1 year to < 6 years; 71% boys) scheduled for elective surgery involving the lower abdomen or extremities to assess ...

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 ...

Exposure to anesthesia during an appendectomy in children does not uniquely increase the risk for subsequent neurobehavioral diagnoses compared with medical admissions without anesthesia. Researchers ...

When a child needs deep sedation or general anesthesia for dental or oral surgery, the clinician's training and competency may matter more to safety than whether a separate anesthesia provider is in ...

Electroencephalography (EEG)-guided management of general anesthesia in children ages 1 to 5 years reduced pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED), a randomized clinical trial found. Among 177 ...

A mom still feeling the effects of her anesthesia after undergoing surgery was left stunned when her husband told her how many kids she has. Before Belle Blake from Nashville, Tennessee, underwent ...