A pilot study of dexmedetomidine sedation and caudal anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in infants

Summary Background Recent concerns regarding possible long‐term effects of early anesthesia exposure on neurodevelopment in children have provided an impetus to explore alternative anesthetic techniques using potentially neuroprotective agents. Dexmedetomidine has not been implicated in anesthesia‐induced neurotoxicity and has been shown to be neuroprotective in preclinical studies. We describe a case series of 50 neonates and infants who...