NPPB and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Biomarkers of cardiac stretch, such as brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal-pro brain-natriuretic-peptide (NT-proBNP) (Ni et al., 2020; Jayasimhan et al., 2021) as well as markers of cardiac injury (Troponin-T and Troponin-I) (Bajwa et al., 2007) are associated with higher mortality in ARDS.