Association between surgical procedures under general anesthesia in infancy and developmental outcomes at 1 year: the Japan Environment and Children's Study

• Main Authors: Yoshiko Kobayashi (Author), Narumi Tokuda (Author), Sho Adachi (Author), Yasuhiro Takeshima (Author), Munetaka Hirose (Author), Masayuki Shima (Author), Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The neurotoxicity of general anesthesia to the developing human brains is controversial. We assessed the associations between surgery under general anesthesia in infancy and development at age 1 year using the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS), a large-scale birt...