Impact of delirium on mortality and cognitive and functional performance among elderly people with femoral fractures.

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Published in Clinics (Sao Paulo) on October 01, 2007

Authors

Maria Elizabet Furlaneto1, Luíz Eugênio Garcez-Leme

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthogeriatrics - Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, - Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School-São Paulo/SP, Brazil. marieli@uol.com.br

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