Post-Operative Behavior Changes

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1. Eckenhoff JE, Kneale DH, Dripps RD: The incidence and etiology of postanesthetic excitment. A clinical survey. Anesthesiology 1961, 22:667–673.

2. Jackson K, Winkley R, FAUST OA, Cermak EG, BURTT MM: Behavior changes indicating emotional trauma in tonsillectomized children. Pediatrics 1953, 12(1):23–28.

3. Gómez-Pesquera E, Poves-Alvarez R, Martinez-Rafael B, Liu P, Alvarez J, Lorenzo-López M, Fierro I, Gómez-Sánchez E, Heredia-Rodriguez M, Gómez-Herreras JI et al: Cerebral Oxygen Saturation and Negative Postoperative Behavioral Changes in Pediatric Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study. The Journal of Pediatrics 2019, 208:207–213.e201.

4. Kälvesten M, Modiri AR, Jonshult R, Frithiof R, Frykholm P: A Prospective Observational Study of Intraoperative Regional Cerebral Desaturation and Negative Postoperative Behavioural Changes After Non-Cardiac Paediatric Surgery. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2025, 69(10):e70133.

5. Karlsson J, Vutskits L: Not Every Dip Matters: Cerebral Oxygenation Variability and Behavioral Outcomes in Children. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2026, 70(1):e70147.

6. Sood ED, Benzaquen JS, Davies RR, Woodford E, Pizarro C: Predictive value of perioperative near-infrared spectroscopy for neurodevelopmental outcomes after cardiac surgery in infancy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013, 145(2):438–445.e431; discussion 444–435.