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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Electronic address: Mihaela.stefan@bhs.org.
² Department of Medicine and Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

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Mihaela S Stefan et al. Chest. 2013 Aug.

. 2013 Aug;144(2):716-717.

doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1066.

¹ Department of Medicine and Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Electronic address: Mihaela.stefan@bhs.org.
² Department of Medicine and Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

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Association between antibiotic treatment and outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD treated with systemic steroids.
Stefan MS, Rothberg MB, Shieh MS, Pekow PS, Lindenauer PK. Stefan MS, et al. Chest. 2013 Jan;143(1):82-90. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-0649. Chest. 2013. PMID: 22797691 Free PMC article.
Antibiotic use in COPD exacerbations.
Patel JK. Patel JK. Chest. 2013 Aug;144(2):716. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-0723. Chest. 2013. PMID: 23918130 No abstract available.