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cord-310069-ay4af6xr	Tobin, Martin J.	Does making a diagnosis of ARDS in COVID-19 patients matter?	2020-07-21		.txt	text/plain	1248	105	51	The question "Do patients with COVID-19 develop typical ARDS?" is arousing fevered debate. Observing that respiratory failure occurred 8-12 days after first symptoms of 3 COVID-19 in Chinese series, Li and Ma 3 concluded that these patients should not be diagnosed as ARDS. 8 This criticism does not apply to respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients: we know it is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and no therapy is effective against the virus. Given that tidal volume 12 ml/kg is not employed in any patient, making a diagnosis of ARDS does not impact selection of any ventilator setting. For the doctor at the bedside of a COVID-19 patient, making a diagnosis of ARDS is completely irrelevant. Screening of ARDS patients using standardized ventilator settings: influence on enrollment in a clinical trial Abbreviations List: AECC: American-European Consensus Committee ARDS: Acute respiratory distress syndrome COVID-19: Coronavirus disease	./cache/cord-310069-ay4af6xr.txt	./txt/cord-310069-ay4af6xr.txt