• Anesthesiology · Jul 2018

    Observational Study

    Neuropsychological and Behavioral Outcomes after Exposure of Young Children to Procedures Requiring General Anesthesia: The Mayo Anesthesia Safety in Kids (MASK) Study.

    • David O Warner, Michael J Zaccariello, Slavica K Katusic, Darrell R Schroeder, Andrew C Hanson, Phillip J Schulte, Shonie L Buenvenida, Stephen J Gleich, Robert T Wilder, Juraj Sprung, Danqing Hu, Robert G... more Voigt, Merle G Paule, John J Chelonis, and Randall P Flick. less
    • From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (D.O.W., S.L.B., S.J.G., R.T.W., J.S., D.H., R.P.F.) Psychology (M.J.Z.) Health Sciences Research (S.K.K., D.R.S., A.C.H., P.J.S.) Mayo Cli... more nic, Rochester, Minnesota the Department of Pediatric Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (R.G.V.) National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas (M.G.P., J.J.C.). less
    • Anesthesiology. 2018 Jul 1; 129 (1): 89-105.

    BackgroundFew studies of how exposure of children to anesthesia may affect neurodevelopment employ comprehensive neuropsychological assessments. This study tested the hypothesis that exposure to multiple, but not single, procedures requiring anesthesia before age 3 yr is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.MethodsUnexposed, singly exposed, and multiply exposed children born in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 1994 to 2007 were sampled using a propensity-guided approach and underwent neuropsychological testing at ages 8 to 12 or 15 to 20 yr. The primary outcome was the Full-Scale intelligence quotient standard score of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence. Secondary outcomes included individual domains from a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and parent reports.ResultsIn total, 997 children completed testing (411, 380, and 206 unexposed, singly exposed, and multiply exposed, respectively). The primary outcome of intelligence quotient did not differ significantly according to exposure status; multiply exposed and singly exposed children scoring 1.3 points (95% CI, -3.8 to 1.2; P = 0.32) and 0.5 points (95% CI, -2.8 to 1.9; P = 0.70) lower than unexposed children, respectively. For secondary outcomes, processing speed and fine motor abilities were decreased in multiply but not singly exposed children; other domains did not differ. The parents of multiply exposed children reported increased problems related to executive function, behavior, and reading.ConclusionsAnesthesia exposure before age 3 yr was not associated with deficits in the primary outcome of general intelligence. Although secondary outcomes must be interpreted cautiously, they suggest the hypothesis that multiple, but not single, exposures are associated with a pattern of changes in specific neuropsychological domains that is associated with behavioral and learning difficulties.

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