Pediatric anesthesia and neurodevelopmental impairments: a Bayesian meta-analysis.
Pediatric anesthesia and neurodevelopmental impairments: a Bayesian meta-analysis.
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DOI:
10.1097/ana.0b013e31826a038d
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发表时间:
2012-10
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Li G
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作者:
DiMaggio C;Sun LS;Ing C;Li G
Experimental evidence of anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity has caused serious concern about the long-term effect of commonly used volatile anesthetic agents on young children. Several observational studies based on existing data have been conducted to address this concern with inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis to synthesize the epidemiologic evidence on the association of anesthesia/surgery with neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. Using Bayesian meta-analytic approaches, we estimated the synthesized odds ratios (OR) and 95% credible interval (CrI) as well as the predictive distribution of a future study given the synthesized evidence. Data on 7 unadjusted and 6 adjusted measures of association were abstracted from 7 studies. The synthesized OR based on the 7 unadjusted measures for the association of anesthesia/surgery with an adverse behavioral or developmental outcome was 1.9 (95% CrI 1.2, 3.0). The most likely unadjusted OR from a future study was estimated to be 2.2 (95% CrI 0.6, 6.1). The synthesized OR based on the 6 adjusted measures for the association of anesthesia/surgery with an adverse behavioral or developmental outcome was 1.4 ( 95% CrI 0.9, 2.2). The most likely adjusted OR from a future study was estimated to be 1.5 (95% Cr I 0.5, 4.0). We conclude that the existent epidemiologic evidence suggests a modestly elevated risk of adverse behavioral or developmental outcomes in children who were exposed to anesthesia/surgery during early childhood. The uncertainty with the existent epidemiologic evidence, however, is considerable, implying that the value of additional research using existent data sources to enhance the evidence base is diminishing.