title: Authors' reply to Whitlock and Saied and colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ladha
authors.affiliation: INSERM Research Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (U897)-Team Neuroepidemiology, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurth
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA meikermann@partners.org.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eikermann
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*