The effects of exposure to general anesthesia in infancy on academic performance at age 12

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1419-1428

  Bong, Choon Looi ^a   Allen, John Carson ^b   Kim, Josephine Tan Swee ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANCY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINOR SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SINGAPORE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84889096887     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318299a7c2     Document Type: Article

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