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Risk Factors for Delirium Identified in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery
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Title Risk Factors for Delirium Identified in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566447?src=rss
Description In geriatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery who are at high risk for in-hospital delirium, adverse outcomes correlated with hyperglycemia and poor nutritional and functional states. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > General Surgery
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Date Nov 27, 2007
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