Calgary, Alberta—Premature infants and neonates exposed to anesthesia do not suffer clinically meaningful drawbacks as assessed by subsequent cognitive outcomes.
The research from the University of Calgary concluded that although exposed infants and neonates had propensity-matched full-scale IQ (FSIQ) scores that were almost 3 points lower than those of their unexposed counterparts at 3 years of age, these results were neither statistically nor clinically significant.
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