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. 2026 Aug 31;15(17):6747. doi: 10.3390/jcm15176747
ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ASB Assisted Spontaneous Breathing
AUROC Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve
BiPAP Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
CI Confidence Interval
CMV Controlled Mechanical Ventilation
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
DIVI German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv-und Notfallmedizin)
ECMO Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
FiO2 Fraction of Inspired Oxygen
GCS Glasgow Coma Scale
ICU Intensive Care Unit
ITW Intensive Care Transport Vehicle (Intensivtransportwagen)
MAP Mean Arterial Pressure
OR Odds Ratio
PaO2 Partial Pressure of Arterial Oxygen
PCV Pressure-Controlled Ventilation
PEEP Positive End-Expiratory Pressure
P/F ratio Ratio of Arterial Oxygen Partial Pressure to Fraction of Inspired Oxygen (PaO2/FiO2)
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
SpO2 Peripheral Oxygen Saturation
SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
VV-ECMO Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation