He... nor Dr. Gattanoni are asserting that it doesn't meet the criteria for ARDS, but rather that it's not typical ARDS. Gattanoni states: However, the patien

He... nor Dr. Gattanoni are asserting that it doesn't meet the criteria for ARDS, but rather that it's not typical ARDS. Gattanoni states: However, the patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, fulfilling the Berlin criteria of ARDS, present an atypical form of the syndrome. Indeed, the primary characteristics we are observing (confirmed by colleagues in other hospitals), is the dissociation between their relatively well preserved lung mechanics and the severity of hypoxemia.