Critical care
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36399/ekegkw73Keywords:
Post-operative delirium, Open-heart surgery, Heart valve surgeryAbstract
Max Mulgrew is a former journalist who now writes poetry and short stories from his home in Glasgow. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Birmingham City University.
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