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. 2018 Sep;129(3):389-391.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002338.

Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Michael J Devinney  1 , Joseph P Mathew, Miles Berger
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Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Michael J Devinney et al. Anesthesiology. 2018 Sep.
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The Lumpers and the Splitters* *Any resemblance in these figures to any historical figure or any political, social or other judgement is unintended on our part. McKusick, Victor A. "On Lumpers and Splitters, or the Nosology of Genetic Disease." Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 12:2 (1969), Fig. 1. © Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission of Johns Hopkins University Press.
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