Schmoch, Thomas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-7718
Jungk, Christine
Bruckner, Thomas
Haag, Sabine
Zweckberger, Klaus
von Deimling, Andreas
Brenner, Thorsten
Unterberg, Andreas
Weigand, Markus A.
Uhle, Florian
Herold-Mende, Christel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Projekt DEAL
Article History
Received: 17 September 2020
Revised: 9 November 2020
Accepted: 1 December 2020
First Online: 22 December 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: This retrospective cohort study was approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB, Votum S-843/2018 (Medical Ethics Commission of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany<b>))</b> and conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the latest version of the Helsinki Declaration (July 9, 2018) [CitationRef removed]. The requirement for written informed consent and consent for publication was waived by the IRB.
: This manuscript adheres to the applicable guidelines of the Enhancing the Quality of and Transparency of Health Research (EQUATOR) Network.
: None
: Data was processed using SAS (SAS Institute, Cary, NC), Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Excel for Mac, Version 16.42; Microsoft Cooperation, Redmond, WA) and GrafPad Prism (Version 8.4.3; GrafPad Software, San Diego, CA).