Effects of lowering inspiratory oxygen fraction during microvascular decompression on postoperative gas exchange: A

Jungchan Park1, Jeong Jin Min1, So Jin Kim1

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Plos One
|November 15, 2018
PubMed
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