Well, until the mid-80′s doctors believed that infants either a) didn’t feel pain or b) wouldn’t remember it anyway (mostly because of this study from the 40′s), so they didn’t use anesthesia for infants when performing heart surgery until someone collected evidence that babies were more likely to live through the surgery if given something to knock them out.
they didn’t use anesthesia for infants when performing heart surgery until someone collected evidence that babies were more likely to live through the surgery if given something to knock them out
Really? I notice (with some relief) that the control babies in the linked study still got anaesthesia; it’s just that they got nitrous oxide instead of nitrous oxide and fentanyl.
Well, until the mid-80′s doctors believed that infants either a) didn’t feel pain or b) wouldn’t remember it anyway (mostly because of this study from the 40′s), so they didn’t use anesthesia for infants when performing heart surgery until someone collected evidence that babies were more likely to live through the surgery if given something to knock them out.
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Really? I notice (with some relief) that the control babies in the linked study still got anaesthesia; it’s just that they got nitrous oxide instead of nitrous oxide and fentanyl.