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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Volume 377, Issue 15, Pages 1456-1466Publisher
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1605501
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG051658, R01 AG030618, K24 AG035075] Funding Source: Medline
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A 75-year-old man is admitted for scheduled major abdominal surgery. He is functionally independent, with mild forgetfulness. His intraoperative course is uneventful, but on postoperative day 2, severe confusion and agitation develop. What is going on? How would you manage this patient's care? Could his condition have been prevented?
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