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Letter to the Editor

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POLYPHARMACY AND POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN UROLOGY

  • Yu Seob Shin1,2
  • A Ram Doo2,3
  • Hyun Jun Park4,5

1Department of Urology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea

2Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea

3Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea

4Department of Urology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea

5Medical Research Institute of Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea

DOI: 10.15586/jomh.v16iSP1.241 Vol.16,Issue SP1,April 2020 pp.23-24

Published: 01 April 2020

*Corresponding Author(s): Hyun Jun Park E-mail: joon501@naver.com

Keywords

delirium; polypharmacy; risk

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Yu Seob Shin,A Ram Doo,Hyun Jun Park. POLYPHARMACY AND POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN UROLOGY. Journal of Men's Health. 2020. 16(SP1);23-24.

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