title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odonthostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, AOU IRCCS San Martino IST, University of Genoa, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Department of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kacmarek
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odonthostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy. Electronic address: servillo@unina.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Servillo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*