1 Dept of Medicine III (Interdisciplinary Medical Intensive Care), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
2 Dept of Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
3 Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
4 Dept of Internal Medicine V - Pneumology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center and University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
5 Dept of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
6 Dept of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
7 Dept of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
8 Dept of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Campus Kassel of the University of Southampton, Kassel, Germany.
9 Dept of Acute and Emergency Care, St Antonius Hospital Eschweiler, Eschweiler, Germany.
10 Dept of Anaesthesiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
11 Dept of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kufstein District Hospital, Kufstein, Austria.
12 First Dept of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Dusseldorf (CIO), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
13 Dept of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, SANA Klinikum Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany.
14 Dept of Internal Medicine - Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, SLK-Hospital Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
15 Dept of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
16 Dept of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center and University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
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