Why the study?
Does early exposure to multiple anesthetics increase the risk of later development of learning disabilities in children?
Population
Children in a population-based birth cohort
Comparison
Early exposure to multiple anesthetics vs Single anesthetic exposure
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Warrants caution with repeated early anesthesia in children; leaves open causality and need for prospective confirmation.
Does early exposure to multiple anesthetics increase the risk of later development of learning disabilities in children?
Early exposure to multiple, but not single, anesthetics is associated with an increased risk of later learning disabilities, though causality remains unclear.
Wilder et al. (2009) studied this question.
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