Current clinical evidence on the effect of general anesthesia on neurodevelopment in children: An updated systematic review with meta-regression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Xin ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Miao, Chang Hong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EXPOSURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; LANGUAGE;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904483524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085760     Document Type: Article

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