Pharmacological management of anticholinergic delirium - theory, evidence and practice.

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  2016

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  British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/bcp.12839PMID 26589572PMCID PMC4767198
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