title: Pediatric neuroanesthesia.
abstract: Recent advances in pediatric neurosurgery have drastically improved the outcome in infants and children afflicted with surgical lesions of the central nervous system (CNS). Because most of these techniques were first applied to adults, the physiologic and developmental differences that are inherent in pediatric patients present challenges to neurosurgeons and anesthesiologists alike. The aim of this paper is to highlight these age-dependent approaches to the pediatric neurosurgical patient.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. sulpicio.soriano@tch.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Sulpicio G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Eldredge
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rockoff
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods