Outcomes from a multi-site randomised controlled trial comparing regional and general anaesthesia for effects on neurodevelopmental outcome and apnoea in infants

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1002906

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Animal studies suggest general anaesthetics harm the developing brain. It is unclear if these findings are relevant to humans. The aim of this international randomised controlled trial is to determine whether children exposed to general anaesthesia as an infant have a poorer neurodevelopmental outcome. A previous NHMRC grant funded the first phase of the trial along with substantial funding from overseas. The trial will tell us if general anaesthetics affect the developing brain in children.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $757,831.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Anaesthesiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

anaesthesia and cognitive deficit | apnoea | apoptosis | brain development | developmental outcomes | drug effects | infantile apnoea | neurodevelopment | neuropsychological development | randomised controlled trial (RCT)

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