“What age is safe for anesthesia?”
I am a 21 year old male. I want to know what age is safe for anesthesia?
3 Answers
AnesthesiologistAnesthesiologist
Dr. J. Arthur Saus
Anesthesiologist
There is no specific age that can be considered "unsafe" or "safe" for anesthesia. Anesthesia is administered to persons of all ages from newborn babies, who may be not even a few hours old all the way up to very elderly patients, even those who are over 100 years old. The relative risks of anesthesia administration have much more to do with the patients co-existing medical conditions which they bring to that point of anesthesia administration, instead of the patient's age.