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¹ Department of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Electronic address: mihaela.Stefan@baystatehealth.org.
² OptiStatim, LLC, Longmeadow, MA.
³ Department of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.

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Mihaela S Stefan et al. Chest. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;150(2):469-70.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.06.007.

¹ Department of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Electronic address: mihaela.Stefan@baystatehealth.org.
² OptiStatim, LLC, Longmeadow, MA.
³ Department of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.

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Hospitals' Patterns of Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Asthma Exacerbation.
Stefan MS, Nathanson BH, Priya A, Pekow PS, Lagu T, Steingrub JS, Hill NS, Goldberg RJ, Kent DM, Lindenauer PK. Stefan MS, et al. Chest. 2016 Mar;149(3):729-36. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2015.12.013. Epub 2015 Dec 28. Chest. 2016. PMID: 26836902 Free PMC article.
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