Dreher, Michael
Krüger, Stefan
Schulze-Olden, Susanne
Keszei, András
Storre, Jan Hendrik
Woehrle, Holger
Arzt, Michael
Müller, Tobias http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9801-3496
Article History
Received: 13 June 2017
Accepted: 8 May 2018
First Online: 16 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study received approval from the Institutional Review Board for Human Studies at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (EK 312/13). Written informed consent was provided by each subject before participation. All procedures conformed to the standards set by the Declaration of Helsinki in its latest revision.
: MD received honoraria from Linde AG, ResMed, Respironics, Weinmann, Heinen und Löwenstein, Hamilton for participations in advisory boards and lectures. JHS received research grants, speaking fees and travel funding from different companies producing or selling devices and consumables for mechanical ventilation and oxygen therapy. HW was employed by ResMed until 2016, received lecture fees from Astra Zeneca, GSK, Vital Air, Weinmann, Boehringer Ingelheim, ResMed and research support from Weinmann and ResMed. MA received grant support and lecture fees from ResMed, Philips and Respironics. SK, SSO, APK and TM have no competing interests to declare.
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