title: To: The reality of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation: a multicenter study.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Jacobo Bacariza
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Espanha.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000379:methods; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors