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Melatonin for the prevention of postoperative delirium in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Older surgical patients are at high risk of developing postoperative delirium. Non-pharmacological strategies are recommended for delirium prevention, but no pharmacological agents have compelling evidence to decrease the incidence of delirium. The purpose of this study was to assess whe...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Ashley M., Axon, David Rhys, Martin, Jennifer R., Slack, Marion K., Mollon, Lea, Lee, Jeannie K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1297-6