Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Effects of general anaesthesia in early childhood on local and global visual processing: a post hoc analysis of the APEX cohort study
Authors' conclusion
These findings suggest lasting effects of early-life exposure to general anaesthesia on visuospatial abilities.
Study context
- Population
- Healthy 9–10-yr-old children
- Participants
- 24 participants
- Comparison
- Exposure to GA in early childhood vs no exposure
- GAn = 12
- Controlsn = 12reference
- Primary endpoint
- Local and global visual information processing on a visual attention task, including distraction by visual interference
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Attraction to global visual information
- Both groups equally distracted by visual interference
- GA vs Controls: P = 0.03
Further findings
Task completion
- All analysed participants successfully completed the trial tasks (>90% correct answers)
Original publication
Effects of general anaesthesia in early childhood on local and global visual processing: a post hoc analysis of the APEX cohort study. Br J Anaesth. Published 10 June 2024. doi:10.
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