Septic shock: ECMO beyond ARDS? Introducing the Simon two-stage protocol when randomisation is considered unethical

• Alexander Buia,
• Hans-Bernd Hopf,
• Eva Herrmann,
• Thomas Schmandra,
• Ernst Hanisch

Affiliations

Alexander Buia

Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Klinik Langen, Academic Teaching Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt

Hans-Bernd Hopf

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Asklepios Klinik Langen, Academic Teaching Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt

Eva Herrmann

Department of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Thomas Schmandra

Department of Vascular Surgery, Rhön Klinik Campus Bad Neustadt

Ernst Hanisch

Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Klinik Langen, Academic Teaching Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt