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Do we already measure EEG for adults? Or not? If we do, why has it taken so long to do with kids? If not, is this a first step? Why start with kids rather than adults?
This article provides shockingly little context.
"Kids don't need anesthetics. If they are young enough, they won't remember the pain, so you can just operate without anesthetics. They are also easier to restrain than adults." This was state of the art in medicine for quite some time. I fear the general trend of "medication bad" will get us back to those dark times. Btw, those dark times ended only as recently as 1987! https://www.newsweek.com/when-doctors-start-us…
Note that this does not mean that general anaesthesia was not given at all to kids before 1987, but that there was a belief in the USA (and elsewhere) that newborns did not need pain relief during anaesthesia. Your use of 'kids' versus 'newborns' is a bit misleading in that respect.
Why is this about kids? Do we already measure EEG for adults? Or not? If we do, why has it taken so long to do with kids? If not, is this a first step? Why start with kids rather than adults? This article provides shockingly little context.
What is the level of unconsciousness during anesthesia? Is it "sleep-like" unconsciousness or "neurons do basically nothing" level? Whenever I read about anesthesia I am wondering if we are not accidentally killing people (and creating new ones) like in teletransportation paradox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletransportation_paradox
Apparently I had a small anesthetic overdose in the hospital as a kid and woke up a day or two later than expected, but from my perspective, nothing happened and I just went to sleep then woke up.
Why is this about kids? Do we already measure EEG for adults? Or not? If we do, why has it taken so long to do with kids? If not, is this a first step? Why start with kids rather than adults? This article provides shockingly little context.
My wife is a doctor and provided me (layperson) the following context. Apparently EEG is now used in most adult surgeries and has been increasing over time. It is used as a marker of how 'asleep' you are to guide how much medication you get. However, this is relatively recent and the use of EEG in kids (where the brainwaves are different) was not studied/used as much. It seems like this study pushes towards a future…
Why is this about kids? Do we already measure EEG for adults? Or not? If we do, why has it taken so long to do with kids? If not, is this a first step? Why start with kids rather than adults? This article provides shockingly little context.
My wife is a doctor and provided me (layperson) the following context. Apparently EEG is now used in most adult surgeries and has been increasing over time. It is used as a marker of how 'asleep' you are to guide how much medication you get. However, this is relatively recent and the use of EEG in kids (where the brainwaves are different) was not studied/used as much. It seems like this study pushes towards a future…
"Kids don't need anesthetics. If they are young enough, they won't remember the pain, so you can just operate without anesthetics. They are also easier to restrain than adults." This was state of the art in medicine for quite some time. I fear the general trend of "medication bad" will get us back to those dark times. Btw, those dark times ended only as recently as 1987! https://www.newsweek.com/when-doctors-start-us…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This research is aimed precisely at making it safe enough to administer general anesthesia in these populations for that to become standard of care. Let me preempt one possible line here: I do not love the circumstances under which I would have been circumcised as a neonate in Mississippi in the very early 1980s, and I do not resent the result. Living that far tied up in the past is for men who can't figure out how t…
I didn't say anything about a foreskin anywhere. And my point is, they did not just do minor stuff like a circumcision (which I think is a barbaric, pointless and immoral practice to inflict on non-consenting minors in any case except to maybe cure phimosis). They did major surgery. Like opening the cranium or abdomen. Like removing limbs. Like removing burnt skin by brushing it off and applying skin grafts. And no,…
Why is this about kids? Do we already measure EEG for adults? Or not? If we do, why has it taken so long to do with kids? If not, is this a first step? Why start with kids rather than adults? This article provides shockingly little context.
There are a lot of not backed by science beliefs in the medical field that won't die until the doctors that believe them do.