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Comment
. 2011 Feb 15;7(1):111; author reply 112-3.

It may be unsafe for patients with untreated severe OSA requiring postoperative narcotic to undergo ambulatory surgery

Frances Chung
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It may be unsafe for patients with untreated severe OSA requiring postoperative narcotic to undergo ambulatory surgery

Frances Chung. J Clin Sleep Med. .
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