The Pre-Term Infant

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Anaesthesia for premature infants

Selvanathan T, Ufkes S, Guo T, et al. Pain Exposure and Brain Connectivity in Preterm Infants. JAMA network open 2024;7(3):e242551. (In eng). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.2551.

Yaster M. The dose response of fentanyl in neonatal anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1987;66(3):433-435.

Anand KJ, Sippell WG, Aynsley-Green A. Randomised trial of fentanyl anaesthesia in preterm babies undergoing surgery: effects on the stress response [published erratum appears in Lancet 1987 Jan 24;1(8526):234]. Lancet (London, England) 1987;1(8524):62-66.

Anand KJ, Hickey PR. Halothane-morphine compared with high-dose sufentanil for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in neonatal cardiac surgery [see comments]. NEnglJMed 1992;326(1):1-9.

Lammertink F, Benders M, Hermans EJ, et al. Vulnerability of the Neonatal Connectome following Postnatal Stress. J Neurosci 2022;42(48):8948-8959. (In eng). DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0176-22.2022.

Kostović I, Radoš M, Kostović-Srzentić M, Krsnik Ž. Fundamentals of the Development of Connectivity in the Human Fetal Brain in Late Gestation: From 24 Weeks Gestational Age to Term. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2021;80(5):393-414. (In eng). DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlab024.

Batalle D, Hughes EJ, Zhang H, et al. Early development of structural networks and the impact of prematurity on brain connectivity. Neuroimage 2017;149:379-392. (In eng). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.01.065.

Kostović I, Jovanov-Milosević N. The development of cerebral connections during the first 20-45 weeks' gestation. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2006;11(6):415-22. (In eng). DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2006.07.001.