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Escalation of therapy without evidence: a “may” does not imply a “should”!

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    M. Heringlake

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Georg Hospital, Lohmühlenstr. 5, 20099, Hamburg, Germany

    B. Bein

  3. Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Medical Intensive Care Medicine, St. Marien Hospital, Kampenstr. 51, 57072, Siegen, Germany

    M. Buerke

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    D. Damjanovic

  5. Department of Cardiology, Catholic “St. Johann Nepomuk” Hospital, Haarbergstrasse 72, 99097, Erfurt, Germany

    H. Ebelt

  6. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrberger Straße, 66424, Homburg, Germany

    H. V. Groesdonk

  7. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Armed Forces Central Hospital, Rübenacher Str. 170, 56072, Koblenz, Germany

    A. Markewitz

  8. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    M. Möckel

  9. Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043, Marburg, Germany

    R. Moosdorf

  10. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Imland Hospital Rendsburg, Lilienstraße 20–28, 24768, Rendsburg, Germany

    K. Pilarczyk, M. Von der Brelie & N. Haake

  11. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    D. A. Reuter

  12. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Campus Gießen, Rudolf-Buchheim Str. 7, 35392, Giessen, Germany

    M. Sander

  13. Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Heart Center Saar, Richardstr. 5–9, 66333, Völklingen, Germany

    A. Schmitt

  14. Department of Cardiovascular and Vascular Surgery, Heart Center University Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    G. Trummer

  15. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charité University Hospital, Charité Campus Mitte and Virchow Klinikum, Charité-Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    S. Treskatsch

  16. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Murtenstrasse 10, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    B. Zante

  17. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany

    A. Zarbock

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Heringlake, M., Bein, B., Buerke, M. et al. Escalation of therapy without evidence: a “may” does not imply a “should”!. Intensive Care Med 42, 485–487 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-4145-y

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