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The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a public health crisis that has resulted in the death of thousands within the United States. The large influx of patients requiring mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has necessitated the utilization of ventilators from a variety of sources. We hypothesized that ventilator model may be an independent risk factor for mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 147 patients admitted to the adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital [New York Presbyterian Queens (NYPQ), Flushing, NY] from 1 March 2020 to 2 April 2020 in whom COVID-19 was confirmed and mechanical ventilation was initiated. Patients <18 years old were excluded as were patients who were pregnant. Diagnosis of COVID-19 was based on a positive result from a probe-based reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 from a nasopharyngeal swab. This observational retrospective study without any specific intervention was reviewed and exempted by the hospital Institutional Review Board, and all data were deidentified prior to processing.