Fig. 2

The distribution of baseline characteristics and ventilatory variables between mild-moderate ARDS and moderate-severe ARDS. The area shaded with blue shows the mild-moderate ARDS group, and red represents the moderate-severe ARDS group. In the depicted figure, the moderate-severe ARDS group exhibited higher values for the SOFA score, respiratory rate (RR), positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), plateau pressure (Pplat), mechanical power (MP), and elastic power (EP), as compared to the mild-moderate ARDS group