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 ...

Noting the unique nature of pediatric brains, which are still developing, the importance that standard anesthesia practice places on minimizing the dosage of drugs needed to maintain anesthesia, and ...

Newly published results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery, show that by using EEG readings of brain waves to monitor ...

Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery show that by using EEG readings of brain waves to monitor unconsciousness, an ...

MIT researchers discovered brain wave signatures in alpha waves These wave signatures can help anesthesiologists identify when patients are transitioning into a deeper state of unconsciousness known ...

Recent Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigations into the neurobiology underlying the effects of general anesthesia have begun to reveal the ways different anesthetic agents alter specific ...

Masimo, a global medical technology company developing and producing a wide array of industry-leading monitoring technologies, including innovative measurements, sensors, patient monitors, and ...

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 ...

Newly published results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery, show that by using EEG readings of brain waves to monitor ...