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. 2023 Aug 14;195(31):E1038-E1039.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.230227.

Antipsychotic medications for older adults with delirium admitted to hospital

Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher  1 , Lesley Wiesenfeld  2 , Nathan M Stall  2
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Antipsychotic medications for older adults with delirium admitted to hospital

Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher reports support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Vanier Scholarship Program and the Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program at the University of Toronto. Lesley Wiesenfeld reports institutional support as the chief of psychiatry at Sinai Health and an honorarium for speaking at a geriatric psychotherapy national conference. She is chair of the Mental Health and Incapacity panel for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. No other competing interests were declared.

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