title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Hospital, Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain, and Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, and Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de la Oliva
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Menéndez-Suso
authors.forename: Mabel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iglesias-Bouzas
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Álvarez-Rojas
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: González-Gómez
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roselló
authors.forename: Juan I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Díaz
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaraba
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D013815:Thermodilution / Q000379:methods*