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Anaesthesia Neurotoxicity Debate — viva
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Parent holds phone article about FDA anaesthesia warning before infant hernia repair.
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State the one-line answer and priorities for safety: brief single exposures reassuring, never delay necessary surgery.[1]
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- [1]Davidson AJ et al. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age after general anaesthesia and awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2016.PMID 26507180
- [2]McCann ME et al. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled equivalence trial. Lancet, 2019.PMID 30782342
- [3]Sun LS et al. Association Between a Single General Anesthesia Exposure Before Age 36 Months and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Later Childhood. JAMA, 2016.PMID 27272582
- [4]Warner DO et al. Neuropsychological and Behavioral Outcomes after Exposure of Young Children to Procedures Requiring General Anesthesia: The Mayo Anesthesia Safety in Kids (MASK) Study. Anesthesiology, 2018.PMID 29672337