title: Rebuttal from Drs Flannery and Kruger.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonary, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY. Electronic address: alex.flannery@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Flannery
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba; Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kruger
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors