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01-06-2017 | Correspondence

Anesthesia and postoperative delirium: the agent is a strawman – the problem is CO₂

Authors: W. Alan C. Mutch, MD, FRCPC, Renée El-Gabalawy, MA, PhD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 6/2017

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Title: Anesthesia and postoperative delirium: the agent is a strawman – the problem is CO2
Authors: W. Alan C. Mutch, MD, FRCPC
Renée El-Gabalawy, MA, PhD
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-017-0859-3

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