title: Palliative radiotherapy for malignant airway obstruction requiring mechanical ventilation: answer or anguish?
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: antmesquinas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
authors.affiliation: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Critical Care Unit, Texas, Houston.
authors.forename: Egbert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pravinkumar
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015300:Ventilator Weaning