id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-280965-x5ffw843 Damiani, Elisa Comment on “Respiratory mechanics and gas exchanges in the early course of COVID-19 ARDS: a hypothesis-generating study” 2020-10-23 .txt text/plain 811 49 38 title: Comment on "Respiratory mechanics and gas exchanges in the early course of COVID-19 ARDS: a hypothesis-generating study" on the evaluation of respiratory mechanics and gas exchanges in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to COVID-19 that was recently published in the Annals of Intensive Care [1] . In 22 patients with moderate-to-severe ARDS, the authors observed high physiological dead space (V D /V T ) and ventilatory ratio (VR). In a recent report, we described the sublingual microcirculation of mechanically ventilated patients with severe SARS-COV-2 pneumonia and showed an inverse correlation between perfused vessel density (PVD) and D-dimers [4] . Respiratory mechanics and gas exchanges in the early course of COVID-19 ARDS: a hypothesis-generating study Microcirculatory dysfunction and dead-space ventilation in early ARDS: a hypothesis-generating observational study All authors read and approved the final manuscript. ./cache/cord-280965-x5ffw843.txt ./txt/cord-280965-x5ffw843.txt