title: Admissions and patterns of mechanical ventilation of critical COPD: an old and common friend, are we still prepared?
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
authors.forename: Stein
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Markus
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*