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Melatonin intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized patients: A meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the effectiveness of melatonin is necessary to prevent the development of delirium in hospitalized patients. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a hormone produced by the pineal gland of the brain from the amino acid tryptophan. Synthetic melatonin supplements have...

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Autores principales: You, Wei, Fan, Xiao-Yu, Lei, Cheng, Nie, Chen-Cong, Chen, Yao, Wang, Xue-Lian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9100708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35647160
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i12.3773