title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, and Medical Intensive Care Unit, Pingjin Hospital, Logistics College of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Tianjin, China Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Target Organ Injury, Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Center, Pingjin Hospital, Logistics College of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*