title: Year in review in Critical Care, 2003 and 2004: respirology and critical care.
abstract: We summarize all original research in the field of respirology and critical care published in 2003 and 2004 in Critical Care. Articles were grouped into the following categories to facilitate a rapid overview: pathophysiology, therapeutic approaches, and outcome in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome; hypoxic pulmonary arterial hypertension; mechanical ventilation; liberation from mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy; ventilator-associated pneumonia; multidrug-resistant infections; pleural effusion; sedation and analgesia; asthma; and techniques and monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toronto, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brander
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slutsky
mesh_terms: D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010092:Oximetry; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000592:standards