Epidemiology of general anesthesia prior to age 3 in a population-based birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Utilization of general anesthesia in children has important policy, economic, and healthcare delivery implications, yet there is little information regarding the epidemiology of these procedures in the United States.

Aims

The primary objective of this study was to describe in a geographically defined population the incidence of procedures requiring general anesthesia up to the child's third birthday, and the patient characteristics associated with receiving these procedures. A secondary objective was to determine the proportion of children in the population who meet the risk criteria promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Methods

A retrospective cohort of children born from 1994 to 2007 in Olmsted County, MN was established. Birth certificat

SUBMITTER: Shi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5992070 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature