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The Relationship of Postoperative Delirium with Psychoactive Medications
JAMA 272:1518-1522, Marcantonia,E.R.,et al, 1994
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Article Abstract
Clinicians caring for patients at risk for delirium should carefully evaluate the need for meperidine and benzodiazepines in the postoperative period and consider alternative therapies whenever possible.
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