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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 importantly the separation of children from their parents.
The Society, as a professional organization devoted to the health and welfare of children in the perioperative setting, takes no position on the federal policies or legislation addressing legal or illegal immigration....

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 Day massacre. The most recent in a seemingly endless string of mass shootings occurred last week in a Parkland...

San Francisco – April 18, 2018 – A Mayo Clinic study of children who received one or more exposures to anesthesia before the age of 3 has provided valuable information about the potential neurological and behavioral impact of general anesthesia on very...

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 have an increased risk of poor neurodevelopmental outcome. We aimed to establish whether...