title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Remick
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Craciun
authors.forename: Kendra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iskander
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*