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07/28/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Scientists review the potentially harmful effects of anesthesia on developing brains

The usage of general anesthesia can have detrimental effects on the brains of young children. This was the conclusion that Dr. Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovi, head of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, came to in her review of past scientific studies that discussed the matter. The studies that Jevtovic-Todorovi assessed […]

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