kids who are exposed to anesthetic may be at an increased risk of behavioral problems

ccording to new study findings, kids who are exposed to anesthetic for whatever reason maybe at an increased risk of behavioral problems.

The findings were reported at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting, and include such things as language, learning, or other forms of developmental problems.

Despite the study findings, the researchers insist that parents of small children should not shy away from surgery for their kids if they need it.

For their study the researchers studied a small group of children born between 1999 and 2000.

625 of those children had received a general anesthetic for surgery to remove a hernia.

Of those 625 infants who were compared to children of a similar age who did not undergo surgery, the children were twice as likely to develop some form of behavioral issue.

"Parents should not keep their children from having necessary surgery because of this concern," said study leader Dr. Lena Sun. source>>>

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