Hoeter, Katharina
Neuberger, Elmo W. I.
Jochum, Vanessa
Kuchen, Robert
Enders, Kira
Bergmann, Maria
Schäfer, Michael K. E.
Simon, Perikles
Bodenstein, Marc
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 12 December 2025
First Online: 18 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors of this study confirm that the study was conducted to investigate a new biomarker for its prognostic value regarding the outcome of ICU patients with COVID-19-sepsis and bacterial sepsis.The study was approved by the Ethics Committee (Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz; 2020–15535) and informed consent was obtained from participants. All methods involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. This is an independent review board to which the institution University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany is assigned.
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