Dexmedetomidine for prevention of delirium in elderly patients after non-cardiac surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine and Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.

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Elliott A Karren et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;8(12):E1759-E1762.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.56.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine and Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Dexmedetomidine for prevention of delirium in elderly patients after non-cardiac surgery: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
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