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Comparison of mechanical power estimations in mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS: a secondary data analysis from the EPVent study

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The dataset analyzed for this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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The different concepts of computing mechanical power are depicted in Fig. 1. Please contact the corresponding author for further questions.

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Departmental funding of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Funding for Elias Baedorf Kassis was provided from NIH NCATS grant KL2TR002542.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Maximilian S. Schaefer, Stephen H. Loring & Daniel Talmor

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Maximilian S. Schaefer

  3. Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Elias N. Baedorf-Kassis

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Schaefer, M.S., Loring, S.H., Talmor, D. et al. Comparison of mechanical power estimations in mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS: a secondary data analysis from the EPVent study. Intensive Care Med 47, 130–132 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06282-1

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