Contact: Jennifer Scott
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Dr. Ivan Florentino, Medical College of Georgia

Caption: Temporary combativeness after surgery -- a complication affecting up to half of anesthetized children -- may be preventable with drugs that decrease epinephrine production, according to Dr. Ivan Florentino, a Medical College of Georgia pediatric anesthesiologist.

Credit: Phil Jones, Campus Photographer

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