Advanced respiratory mechanics assessment in mechanically ventilated obese and non-obese patients with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. It was approved by the appropriate legal and ethical authorities (ethics committee Sud-Est I, # 2017-A02842-51). Oral consent was obtained from all patients’ relatives after oral and written information. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsFB reports consulting fees from Löwenstein Medical and Air Liquid Medical Systems and research support from Covidien and Getinge Group, outside this work, and research support from GE Healthcare related to this work. JCR reports part‐time salary for research activities from Air Liquide Medical Systems and grants from Creative Air Liquide, outside this work. PYO reports personal fees from Air Liquid Medical Systems, outside this work. AL is a PhD student in the Med2Lab partially funded by Air Liquide Medical Systems. AM reports personal fees from Faron Pharmaceuticals, Air Liquid Medical Systems, Pfizer, Resmed, and Draeger and grants and personal fees from Fisher and Paykel and Covidien, outside this work. The other authors have no conflict of interest to declare. Competing interests FB reports consulting fees from Löwenstein Medical and Air Liquid Medical Systems and research support from Covidien and Getinge Group, outside this work, and research support from GE Healthcare related to this work. JCR reports part‐time salary for research activities from Air Liquide Medical Systems and grants from Creative Air Liquide, outside this work. PYO reports personal fees from Air Liquid Medical Systems, outside this work. AL is a PhD student in the Med2Lab partially funded by Air Liquide Medical Systems. AM reports personal fees from Faron Pharmaceuticals, Air Liquid Medical Systems, Pfizer, Resmed, and Draeger and grants and personal fees from Fisher and Paykel and Covidien, outside this work. The other authors have no conflict of interest to declare."

"Funding Some equipment used in this work was graciously provided by GE Healthcare. EY, CD, and DC received a 1‐year research fellowship grant from the University Hospital of Angers, France. BP received a 1‐year research fellowship grant from the University Hospital of Réunion, France."

"Trial registration NCT03420417 ClinicalTrials.gov (February 5, 2018)."