title: Authors’ response.
authors.forename: Luciano Cesar Pontes
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: Jorge Ibrain Figueira
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Salluh
authors.forename: Marcio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000401:mortality*