Acute Pain
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 59-64 , June 2008

Does femoral nerve analgesia impact the development of postoperative delirium in the elderly? A retrospective investigation

Received 11 September 2007 ,Revised 24 January 2008 ,Accepted 12 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2008.02.001

Acute Pain
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