An Update on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0648 (Tsai & Leung), and School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2069 (Sands).

Tiffany L Tsai et al. Adv Anesth. 2010.

. 2010;28(1):269-284.

doi: 10.1016/j.aan.2010.09.003.

¹ Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0648 (Tsai & Leung), and School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2069 (Sands).

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