Kutz, Alexander
Koch, Daniel
Conca, Antoinette
Baechli, Ciril
Haubitz, Sebastian
Regez, Katharina
Schild, Ursula
Caldara, Zeljka
Ebrahimi, Fahim
Bassetti, Stefano
Eckstein, Jens
Beer, Juerg
Egloff, Michael
Kaplan, Vladimir
Ehmann, Tobias
Hoess, Claus
Schaad, Heinz
Wagner, Ulrich
de Geest, Sabina
Schuetz, Philipp
Mueller, Beat
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (407440_167376)
Research council of the Kantonsspital Aarau (1410.000.086)
Wissenschaft & Weiterbildung (W&W) Fonds of the Kantonsspital Aarau (140.000.495)
Hugo und Elsa Isler Fonds of the Argovian Department of Health and Social Affairs (Not applicable)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2018
Accepted: 27 March 2019
First Online: 23 April 2019
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