Association between a single general anesthesia exposure before age 36 months and neurocognitive outcomes in later childhood

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2312-2320

  Sun, Lena S ^a   Li, Guohua ^b   Miller, Tonya L K ^c   Salorio, Cynthia ^d   Byrne, Mary W ^e   Bellinger, David C ^c   Ing, Caleb ^a   Park, Raymond ^c   Radcliffe, Jerilynn ^f   Hays, Stephen R ^g   DiMaggio, Charles J ^h   Cooper, Timothy J ^g   Rauh, Virginia ^b   Maxwell, Lynne G ^f   Youn, Ahrim ^b   McGowan, Francis X ^f  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84973303734     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.6967     Document Type: Article

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