Long-term psychosocial behavioral outcomes in children following anesthesia: A comparison of the effects of general versus regional anesthesia on term infants delivered by elective cesarean section

• Main Authors: Aouni Alameddine (Author), Raymond Kamel (Author), Francis Leclerc (Author), Laurent Storme (Author), Mohamad K Ramadan (Author), Zouher Naja (Author), Mariam El-Rajab (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Data on the effects of general anesthesia on the fetal and neonatal brain are limited. Animal studies demonstrated that anesthetic agents leave their consequences in the form of learning and memory deficits. The effects of propofol on the fetal neurodevelopment are not clear yet. Materia...