title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Thanh Huynh
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.forename: Neil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wenger
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018447:Medical Futility