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. 2010;12(1):PCC.09r00938.
doi: 10.4088/PCC.09r00938yel.

The assessment and management of agitation and delirium in the general hospital

Theodore A Stern, Christopher M Celano, Anne F Gross, Jeff C Huffman, Oliver Freudenreich, Nicholas Kontos, Shamim H Nejad, Jennifer Repper-Delisi, B Taylor Thompson

The assessment and management of agitation and delirium in the general hospital

Theodore A Stern et al. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2010.
No abstract available

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