Attending to the lightness of numbers toward the understanding of critical care epidemiology.docVIP

Critical Care December 2004 Vol 8 No 6 Okamoto and Rubenfeld Commentary Attending to the lightness of numbers: toward the understanding of critical care epidemiology Valdelis N Okamoto1 and Gordon D Rubenfeld2 1Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Division, University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil 2Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA Corresponding author: Valdelis N Okamoto, vnokamoto@.br Published online: 18 October 2004 Critical Care 2004, 8:422-424 (DOI 10.1186/cc2952) This article is online at /content/8/6/422 ? 2004 B