title: A Paradox Defined?
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical Center Worcester, Massachusetts ryan.shipe2@umassmemorial.org.
authors.forename: Ryan G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Shipe
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000401:mortality*