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SUBMITTER: Akca O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5579210 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation 20170801 4
<i>World Health Organization</i> and the <i>United States Center for Disease Control</i> have recently recommended the use of 0.8 FIO<sub>2</sub> in all adult surgical patients undergoing general anaesthesia, to prevent surgical site infections. This recommendation has arisen several discussions: As a matter of fact, there are numerous studies with different results about the effect of FIO<sub>2</sub> on surgical site infection. Moreover, the clinical effects of FIO<sub>2</sub> are not limited t ...[more]