Differences of respiratory mechanics in mechanical ventilation of acute respiratory distress syndrome between patients with COVID-19 and Influenza A.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Severance Hospital Ethics Committee (IRB number: 4-2023-0504). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board due to the use of de-identified public data and the retrospective nature of the study. All procedures were performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by the Korea Medical Device Development Fund awarded by the Korean government (the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Health & Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) (Project Number: RS-2020-KD000032) and the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (Project Number: RS-2023-00252863)."