title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; The Burns, Trauma, and Critical Care Research Center, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Department of Intensive Care, Vall d' Hebron University Hospital, CIBERES, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Stijn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blot
authors.forename: Despoina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koulenti
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rello
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*