The FDA has approved labeling changes regarding the use of general anesthetic and sedation medicines in children younger than 3 years. General anesthetic and sedation drugs are necessary for patients, including young children and pregnant women, who require surgery or other painful and stressful procedures, the agency said. In the United States, surgeries in the third trimester of pregnancy requiring general anesthesia are performed only when medically necessary and rarely last longer than three hours.

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