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Editorial
. 2021 Jan;47(1):83-85.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06320-y. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

Is severe COVID-19 pneumonia a typical or atypical form of ARDS? And does it matter?

Ewan C Goligher  1   2   3 , V Marco Ranieri  4 , Arthur S Slutsky  5   6
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Is severe COVID-19 pneumonia a typical or atypical form of ARDS? And does it matter?

Ewan C Goligher et al. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Jan.
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Conflict of interest statement

ECG reports receiving personal fees and research support in the form of equipment from Getinge and research support in the form of equipment from Timpel. ASS reports receiving personal fees from Baxter and Novalung/Xenios.

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Distribution of respiratory system compliance in the study of COVID-19 ARDS reported by Chiumello et al. in other studies of COVID-19 ARDS, and in non-COVID-19 ARDS. Error bars represent standard deviations (for Chiumello et al.) or interquartile ranges (for all other studies)
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