Multiple Exposures to General Anesthesia in First 2 Years of Life Linked to ADHD
“Children exposed to general anesthesia multiple times during the first two years of life have an increased likelihood of later developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a retrospective cohort study found.
In adjusted analyses, children who underwent two or more surgeries or procedures requiring general anesthesia had more than double the risk for later ADHD (HR 2.49, 95% CI 1.32 to 4.71), according to Juraj Sprung, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues.
However, a single exposure to anesthesia did not increase the risk (HR 1.35, 95% CI 0.90 to 2.02), the researchers reported in the February Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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