title: Pulmonary and critical care medicine.
abstract: Asthma mortality has increased not only in the United States but also across the world. Recent studies confirm the benefit of inhaled steroids compared with beta-agonists. Sepsis is now defined as the presence of SIRS with a confirmed infectious process.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pingleton
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States