Melatonin and postoperative delirium: A possible link?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 794-795

  Yousaf, Farhanah ^a   Seet, Edwin ^a   Venkatraghavan, Lashmi ^a   Katznelson, Rita ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; HALOPERIDOL; MELATONIN; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LETTER; NIGHT SLEEP; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77955473508     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9340-2     Document Type: Letter

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