Article History
Received: 23 August 2019
Accepted: 5 September 2019
First Online: 10 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: FM is the founder and managing director of MiCo, a Swiss consulting firm. MiCo does not sell any medical products and FM does not own shares nor receive royalties from any medtech company. EF declares consulting fees from Drager Medical, GE Healthcare, Edwards Lifesciences, and Orion Pharma, and lecture fees from Fresenius Kabi and Getinge. BS is a member of the medical advisory board and received honoraria for giving lectures and refunds of travel expenses from Pulsion Medical Systems. BS received institutional research grants, unrestricted research grants, and refunds of travel expenses from Tensys Medical Inc. BS received honoraria for giving lectures and refunds of travel expenses from CNSystems. BS received research support from Edwards Lifesciences.
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