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Article History

Received: 16 July 2020

Accepted: 4 October 2020

First Online: 25 November 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Medical University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (protocol no. BMBWF-66.011/0097-V/3b/2018). The study was conducted at the Experimental Research Unit of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine of the Medical University of Innsbruck and was performed in accordance with EU regulations for animal experiments (EU Directive 2010/63 of the European Parliament and the European Council); reporting is in accordance with current ARRIVE guidelines.

: Not applicable.

: TB has current patent applications on calculating and displaying dissipated energy and differentiating airway and tissue resistance and is a paid consultant to Ventinova Medical. DE represents the inventor of EVA and FCV technology (Ventrain, Tritube, Evone), has royalties for EVA and FCV technology (Ventrain, Tritube, Evone) and patent applications on calculating and displaying dissipated energy and differentiating airway and tissue resistance, and is a paid consultant to Ventinova Medical. All other authors have no competing interests to declare.