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Preoperative OSA Screening: Still an Open Question

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  1. Sleep Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga, s/n., Hospitalet de Llobregat, CP 08907, Barcelona, Spain

    Neus Salord & Carmen Monasterio

  2. Respiratory Medicine, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

    Neus Salord & Carmen Monasterio

  3. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain

    Neus Salord & Carmen Monasterio

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Salord, N., Monasterio, C. Preoperative OSA Screening: Still an Open Question. OBES SURG 23, 978–979 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-0947-6

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