Rudiger, Alain http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-7624
Jeger, Victor
Arrigo, Mattia
Schaer, Christian A.
Hildenbrand, Florian F.
Arras, Margarete
Seifert, Burkhardt
Singer, Mervyn
Schoedon, Gabriele
Spahn, Donat R.
Bettex, Dominique
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Privatdozenten Stiftung Universität Zürich
Article History
Received: 23 January 2018
Accepted: 19 July 2018
First Online: 20 August 2018
Ethics approval
: All protocols were approved by the Animal Experimentation Committee at the Veterinary Office of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Principles of the 3Rs were implemented.
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: AR has received lecture fees for talks on esmolol, a short-acting beta-blocker, from OrphaSwiss GmbH and AMOMED, the distributors of nalbuphine in Switzerland and Europe. MS is a UK National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator.DRS’ academic department is/has been receiving grant support from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne, Switzerland, the Ministry of Health (Gesundheitsdirektion) of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland for Highly Specialized Medicine, the Swiss Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (SGAR), Berne, Switzerland, the Swiss Foundation for Anesthesia Research, Zurich, Switzerland, Bundesprogramm Chancengleichheit, Berne, Switzerland, CSL Behring, Berne, Switzerland, Vifor SA, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland. DRS was the chair of the ABC Faculty and is the co-chair of the ABC-Trauma Faculty, managed by Physicians World Europe GmbH, Mannheim, Germany and sponsored by unrestricted educational grants from Novo Nordisk Health Care AG, Zurich, Switzerland, CSL Behring GmbH, Marburg, Germany and LFB Biomédicaments, Courtaboeuf Cedex, France.In the past 5 years, DRS has received honoraria or travel support for consulting or lecturing from Abbott AG, Baar, Switzerland, AMGEN GmbH, Munich, Germany, AstraZeneca AG, Zug, Switzerland, Baxter AG, Volketswil, Switzerland, Baxter S.p.A., Roma, Italy, Bayer, Zürich, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany, Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France and Baar, Switzerland, CSL Behring GmbH, Hattersheim am Main, Germany and Berne, Switzerland, Curacyte AG, Munich, Germany, Daiichi Sankyo (Schweiz) AG, Thalwil, Switzerland, Danube University of Krems, Austria, Ethicon Biosurgery, Sommerville, New Jersey, USA, Fresenius SE, Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany, Galenica AG, Bern, Switzerland (including Vifor SA, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland), GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, Janssen-Cilag, Baar, Switzerland and Beerse, Belgium, LFB Biomédicaments, Courtaboeuf Cedex, France, Merck Sharp & Dohme AG, Luzern, Switzerland, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvärd, Denmark, Octapharma AG, Lachen, Switzerland, Organon AG, Pfäffikon/SZ, Switzerland, PAION Deutschland GmbH, Aachen, Germany, Pharmacosmos A/S, Holbaek, Denmark, Photonics Healthcare B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands, ratiopharm Arzneimittel Vertriebs-GmbH, Vienna, Austria, Roche, Reinach, Switzerland, Sarstedt AG & Co., Sevelen, Switzerland, Schering-Plough International, Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA, Tem International GmbH, Munich, Germany, Verum Diagnostica GmbH, Munich, Germany, US Department of Defense, Washington, USA, Vifor Pharma, Munich, Germany, Vienna, Austria and St. Gallen, Switzerland.For the remaining authors, no relevant conflicts of interest or sources of funding were declared.
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