Baltruschat, Ivo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8748-3820
Steinmeister, Leonhard
Nickisch, Hannes
Saalbach, Axel
Grass, Michael
Adam, Gerhard
Knopp, Tobias
Ittrich, Harald
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität Hamburg
Article History
Received: 1 May 2020
Revised: 15 September 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 21 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Tobias Knopp.
: The authors Michael Grass, Axel Saalbach, and Hannes Nickisch of this manuscript declare relationships with the following company: Philips Research Hamburg.The authors Ivo M. Baltruschat, Leonhard Steinmeister, Gerhard Adam, Tobias Knopp, and Harald Ittrich of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors, Axel Saalbach, has significant statistical expertise.
: Only if the study is on human subjects:Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: In view of the fact that the patient data, that is, the subject of the study, can no longer be assigned to a person, our project does not constitute a “research project on people” within the meaning of Article 9 para. 2 of the Hamburg Chamber Act for the Medical Professions and does not fall under the research projects requiring consultation according to Article 15 para. 1 of the Professional Code of Conduct for Hamburg Doctors. There is therefore no advisory responsibility for the “Ethikkommission der Ärztekammer Hamburg” for our project.
: • retrospective• performed at one institution