title: Clinical year in review IV: advances in critical care medicine, end-of-life care of the critically ill patient, asthma, and mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Ontario, Canada. burnsk@smh.ca
authors.forename: Karen E A
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Margaret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Herridge
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013727:Terminal Care