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Against routine postoperative oxygen administration in the PACU

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  • The Clinical Controversy Of Routine Postoperative Oxygen Administration In The PACU
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  1. From the Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    Nikolaus Gravenstein MD

  2. Self Memorial Hospital, 206 Elizabeth Avenue, 29646, Greenwood, SC

    Robert J. DiBenedetto MD

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DiBenedetto, R.J., Gravenstein, N. Against routine postoperative oxygen administration in the PACU. J Clin Monitor Comput 11, 408–410 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01616751

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