SPA Opioid Recommendations available in Pediatric Anesthesia
“The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia recommendations for the use of opioids in children during the perioperative period” article is now available in Pediatric Anesthesia.
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President’s Message on Children and Immigration
SPA Members: As you are no doubt aware there is an ongoing, very vigorous and often acrimonious debate around the issue of immigration and most
Open Letter on Gun Violence
Dear Colleagues, Over the past several days I have received multiple e-mails expressing shock and outrage regarding what has now become known as the Valentine’s
Joint IARS SPA Press Release on Study of Anesthesia Safety
San Francisco – April 18, 2018 – A Mayo Clinic study of children who received one or more exposures to anesthesia before the age of
Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age after general anaesthesia and awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Summary Background Preclinical data suggest that general anaesthetics affect brain development. There is mixed evidence from cohort studies that young children exposed to anaesthesia can
Anesthesia and Brain Development in Your Child
On Dec. 14, 2016 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety announcement regarding the potential effect of anesthetics on children younger than
SPA Response to the FDA Med Watch December 16, 2016
On Wednesday, December 14, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Drug Safety Communication warning that; “repeated or lengthy use of general
Enrollment is Open for ACS Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program
The new program’s standards to improve surgical care for children are the nation’s first and only multispecialty standards of their kind CHICAGO (January 31, 2017):