title: Preface.
authors.affiliation: Section of Critical Care Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, 700 William Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. akumar61@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Parrillo
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans