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Emergence delirium after propofol anaesthesia

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany

    Ulrich Palm & Martin Lieb

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Johanna Geiger

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Palm, U., Geiger, J. & Lieb, M. Emergence delirium after propofol anaesthesia. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67, 209–210 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-010-0905-3

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