Riegger, Harriet
Hollinger, Alexa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6799-1652
Seifert, Burkhardt
Toft, Katharina
Blum, Andrea
Zehnder, Tatjana
Siegemund, Martin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Foundation of the University Hospital Basel
Article History
Received: 4 September 2017
Accepted: 24 January 2018
First Online: 26 February 2018
Authors’ information
: Harriet Riegger works as a senior resident in anesthesiology at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. Alexa Hollinger currently works as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Saint Louis Lariboisière University Hospitals in Paris, France. Burkhardt Seifert has worked as a statistician at the institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland, and has retired in 2017. Katharina Toft works as an attending physician in anesthesiology at the See-Spital Horgen and Kilchberg, Switzerland. Martin Siegemund is deputy chief physician of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. Administrative information: roles and responsibilities SponsorPD Dr. Martin Siegemund, Deputy Chief Physician, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandPrincipal InvestigatorDr. Alexa Hollinger, Medical Resident, Critical Care Fellow, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandStudy centresDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and OR Management, Cantonal Hospital of Baden, SwitzerlandDepartment of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandCo-investigatorsHarriet Riegger, Medical Resident, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandData acquisitionKatharina Toft, Attending Physician, Department for Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, See-Spital, Horgen and Kilchberg branches, SwitzerlandDr. Leonie Faller, Medical Resident, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital BaselDr. Philipp Bühler, Attending Physician, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, SwitzerlandAndrea Blum, MD Candidate, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandTatjana Zehnder, MD Candidate, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, SwitzerlandStatisticianProf. Dr. Burkhardt Seifert, Adjunct Professor/Scientific Staff, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Hirschengraben 84, 8001 Zurich, SwitzerlandInsuranceZürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Ruedi Wild and Ralf Bänsch, Global Corporate Switzerland, Austrasse 46, 8045 Zurich, SwitzerlandLegal service und complianceDr. iur. Jürg Müller, Head Legal ServiceData management, consulting serviceClinical Trials Center (CTC) Zurich, Moussonstrasse 3, 8044 Zurich, Switzerland.Ethics committeesKEK Kanton Aargau, Bachstrasse 15, 5001 Aarau, SwitzerlandEKNZ, Hebelstrasse 53, 4056 Basel, SwitzerlandSwissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut, Hallerstrasse 7, Postfach, 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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