General anesthesia in infancy is associated with learning disabilities - or not

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1270-1272

  Crosby, Gregory ^a   Davis, Peter J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT TEST; AGE; ANESTHESIST; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; DSM-IV; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAY MATTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INFANCY; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICINE; MINOR SURGERY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGERY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84889079813     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a9667f     Document Type: Review

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