title: Morbidly obese patients with acute respiratory failure: don't reach for the endotracheal tube yet!
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pastores
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome