Elke, Gunnar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4948-1605
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Bloos, Frank
Wilson, Darius Cameron
Meybohm, Patrick
Article History
Received: 15 May 2018
Accepted: 24 May 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol of the Placebo Controlled Trial of Sodium Selenite and Procalcitonin Guided Antimicrobial Therapy in Severe Sepsis (SISPCT) was approved by the ethics board of Jena University Hospital (Internal File No. 2242–03/08). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients or their legal representatives.
: No individual participant data are reported that would require consent to publish from the participant (or legal parent or guardian for children).
: FB reported receiving lecture honoraria from biosyn, Gilead, and CSL Behring and public funding for the SISPCT trial to his department by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as unrestricted research grants for the SISPCT trial by biosyn and Thermo Fisher Scientific. DCW is an employee of B·R·A·H·M·S GmbH. All other authors declared that they have no competing interests.
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