title: Dead Space and Mortality: Physiology Is Still Relevant.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Shekhar T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Venkataraman
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space / Q000502:physiology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*