title: The authors respond.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Center, Kagawa University Hospital, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan. Electronic address: hifumitoru@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hifumi
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan.
authors.forename: Ippei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jinbo
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiriu
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koido
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Fujimicho, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8506, Japan.
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Center, Kagawa University Hospital, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakita
authors.affiliation: Kyoto University Hospital, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Center, Kagawa University Hospital, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial