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The Efficacy of Low-Dose Risperidone Treatment for Post-Surgical Delirium in Elderly Orthopedic Patients

Background: Delirium is an acute and typically reversible failure of essential cognitive and attentional functions and is a growing public health concern, with an incidence of 20–50% in patients older than 65 after major surgery and 61% in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. Numerous treatment...

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Autores principales: Raphael, Lotan, Edna, Epstein, Irina, Kaykov, Oded, Hershkovich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37374256
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59061052