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Severe hypoxia following spinal anesthesia: Possible association with pulmonary embolism

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-5-7 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, 545, Osaka, Japan

    Hidekazu Yukioka, Kenshu Ryo & Mitsugu Fujimori

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Yukioka, H., Ryo, K. & Fujimori, M. Severe hypoxia following spinal anesthesia: Possible association with pulmonary embolism. J Anesth 5, 303–305 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054010050303

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