title: Mechanical ventilation outside intensive care unit. A growing demand in a vulnerable population. Are there possible solutions?
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia 30500, Spain. Electronic address: antmesquinas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
authors.forename: Yalım
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dikmen
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000401:mortality*
keywords: Internal medicine ward; Mechanical ventilation; Mortality