Lichtner, Gregor
Balzer, Felix
Haufe, Stefan
Giesa, Niklas
Schiefenhövel, Fridtjof
Schmieding, Malte
Jurth, Carlo
Kopp, Wolfgang
Akalin, Altuna
Schaller, Stefan J.
Weber-Carstens, Steffen
Spies, Claudia
von Dincklage, Falk
Funding for this research was provided by:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Article History
Received: 10 January 2021
Accepted: 4 June 2021
First Online: 24 June 2021
Competing interests
: Dr. Schaller reports grants and non-financial support from ESICM (Brussels, Belgium), Fresenius (Germany), Liberate Medical LLC (Crestwood, USA), STIMIT AG (Nidau, Switzerland) as well as from Technical University of Munich, Germany, from national (e.g. DGAI) and international (e.g. ESICM) medical societies (or their congress organizers) in the field of anesthesiology and intensive care, personal fees and non-financial support from Bavarian Medical Association, all outside the submitted work; SJS holds stocks in small amounts from Alphabeth Inc., Rhön-Klinikum AG, and Siemens AG. These did not have any influence on this study. Dr. Spies reports grants from Metronic, grants from Aridis Pharmaceutical Inc., grants from B. Braun Melsungen AG, grants from Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, grants from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Society, grants from Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)/German Aerospace Center, grants from Einstein Stiftung Berlin/ Einstein Foundation Berlin, grants from European Society of Anaesthesiology, grants from Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss/Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), grants from Inneruniversitäre Forschungsförderung/Inner University Grants, grants from Projektträger im DLR/Project Management Agency, grants from Stifterverband/Non-Profit Society Promoting Science and Education, grants from WHOCC, grants from Baxter Deutschland GmbH, grants from Cytosorbents Europe GmbH, grants from Edwards Lifesciences Germany GmbH, grants from Fresenius Medical Care, grants from Grünenthal GmbH, grants from Masimo Europe Ltd., grants from Pfizer Pharma PFE GmbH, personal fees from Georg Thieme Verlag, grants from Dr. F. Köhler Chemie GmbH, grants from Sintetica GmbH, grants from European Commission, grants from Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft e.V./Philips, grants from Stiftung Charité, grants from AGUETTANT Deutschland GmbH, grants from AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, grants from Amomed Pharma GmbH, grants from InTouch Health, grants from Copra System GmbH, grants from Correvio GmbH, grants from Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., grants from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie & Intensivmedizin (DGAI, grants from Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft e.V./Metronic, grants from Philips ElectronicsNederland BV, grants from BMG, outside the submitted work; In addition, Dr. Spies has a patent 10 2014 215 211.9 licensed, a patent 10 2014 215 212.9 licensed, a patent 10 2018 114 364.8 licensed, and a patent 10 2018 110 275.5 licensed.Dr. Weber-Carstens reports grants from Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, grants from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Society without any influence on this study. The authors declare that they have no competing interests regarding this study.