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Jong Ho Kim1,2, Mingi Hong2, Young Joon Kim1

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon24253, Korea.

Journal of Clinical Medicine
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body mass indexobesityoverweightpostoperative nausea and vomiting

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