Brief Report: A cardiac surgery protocol for suspected malignant hyperthermia

Filiz Ata1, Tuğba Onur1, Ahmet Burak Tatlı2

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Türkiye.

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