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Early Exposure to Anesthesia and Learning Disabilities in a Population-based Birth Cohort

Anesthesiology · 2009 · Vol. 110(4) · pp. 796–804

Robert T. Wilder✉(Marymount University)Randall P. Flick(Marymount University)Juraj Šprung(Marymount University)Slavica K. KatusicWilliam J. BarbaresiChristopher MickelsonStephen J. GleichDarrell R. SchroederAmy L. WeaverDavid O. Warner(Marymount University)

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Abstract

Exposure to anesthesia was a significant risk factor for the later development of LD in children receiving multiple, but not single anesthetics. These data cannot reveal whether anesthesia itself may contribute to LD or whether the need for anesthesia is a marker for other unidentified factors that contribute to LD.

Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicineHazard ratioConfidence intervalGestational ageAnestheticProportional hazards modelCohortPopulationRetrospective cohort studyCohort study

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AdolescentAge FactorsAnesthesia, GeneralChild, PreschoolFathersFemaleHumansLearning DisabilitiesMaleMinnesotaMothersNeuropsychological TestsPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsRetrospective Studies

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