Assessment of role of perioperative melatonin in prevention and treatment of postoperative delirium after hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia in the elderly
<b>Context:</b> Little is known about the relationship between sedative drugs used preoperatively and postoperative delirium. Melatonin is a drug used to sedate patients preoperatively and is hypothesized by recent works to have a curative effect on postoperative delirium. <b>Aims:...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2010;volume=4;issue=3;spage=169;epage=173;aulast=Sultan |