title: Know your ventilator to beat the leak.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: dhess@partners.org.
authors.forename: Dean R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Branson
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical