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- A study was conducted on 40 children aged 2-12 to assess the impact of obesity on recovery after general anesthesia, categorizing them into obese and normal BMI groups.
- The study measured various recovery metrics, such as time to spontaneous ventilation and discharge from the post-anesthesia unit, over a 3-month period.
- Findings indicated no significant differences in recovery profiles between the obese and normal BMI groups, suggesting that obesity does not affect recovery after general anesthesia in children.
Article Abstract
Background: Obesity has become a serious problem not only in adult patients but also in pediatric patients.
Aim: To evaluate whether obesity affects the recovery profile after general anesthesia in children.
Participants: 40 children (aged 2-12 years) who underwent surgery under general anesthesia and had an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical I and II.
Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted over a period of 3 months (January- April, 2021). The patients were divided into two groups according to body mass index (BMI): Group I comprised obese children (BMI ≥95th for age percentile) (n=20) and Group II comprised children with a normal BMI (25-75th for-age percentile) (n=20). Anesthesia induction and maintenance were performed as per standard guidelines in both the groups.
Outcome: The recovery profile was evaluated with the following parameters: time to spontaneous ventilation, laryngeal mask airway removal time, time to open eyes, and post-anesthesia care unit discharge time.
Results: When the recovery profiles were compared, no significant differences were found between the groups. Time to spontaneous ventilation [mean difference (95% CI); 0.66 (0.09-1.42); P=0.085], laryngeal mask airway removal time [MD (95% CI); 1.12 (0.06-2.22); P=0.057), time to open eyes [MD (95% CI) 0.66 (0.40-1.74); P=0.217], and post-anesthesia care unit dis-charge time [MD (95% CI) 3.60 (0.59-7.25); P=0.054] were higher in Group II; however, these differences lacked both statistical and clinical significance.
Conclusion: The results suggest that obesity has no effect on the recovery profile after general anesthesia in children in our setting.
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