Anesthesia, the aging brain, and the surgical patient

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue , 2003, Pages R60-R64

  Crosby, Gregory ^a   Culley, Deborah J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Nervous System Dysfunction; Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy; Postoperative Delirium; Tacrine; Total Knee Replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750488339     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018158     Document Type: Note

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