An 87-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, and liver cirrhosis in respiratory distress.

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Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical Center, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, New Hyde Park, NY.

Published: June 2013

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