Woehrle, Holger
Arzt, Michael
Graml, Andrea
Fietze, Ingo
Young, Peter
Teschler, Helmut
Ficker, Joachim H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ResMed Germany Healthcare
Article History
Received: 13 June 2018
Accepted: 20 November 2018
First Online: 5 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All data used in the study were de-identified. German data protection law allows for the use of such data, if strictly anonymized, for scientific purposes. Therefore, patient informed consent and ethical approval were not required.
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: HW is a paid consultant to ResMed and has received research grants. MW reports grants and personal fees from ResMed and Philips Respironics, outside the submitted work. AG is an employee of ResMed Germany; IF reports grants from ResMed, Philips, Fisher & Paykel, Hoffrichter, Heinen & Löwenstein and Weinmann, and personal fees from ResMed, outside the submitted work; PY reports personal fees from Sanofi Genzyme, Biomarin, UCB Pharma, Medice, ResMed, Heinen & Loewenstein and Vanda, and grants from Lowensteinstiftung and the German Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF), outside the submitted work; HT reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from ResMed both during the conduct of the study and outside the submitted work; JHF reports personal fees and non-financial support from ResMed and Weinmann, outside the submitted work.
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