1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2Department of Internal Medicine II, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, University Hospital Rechts Der Isar, Munich, Germany
3Medical Clinic and Medical Intensive Care Medicine, St Antonius Hospital, Eschweiler, Germany
4Department of Respiratory Medicine and German Centre of Lung Research (DZL), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
5Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
6Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical Faculty Aachen, Rhenish Westphalian Technical University (RWTH), Aachen, Germany
7Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
8Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
9Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
10Department of Pneumology, Intensive Care and Sleep Medicine, Hemer Lung Clinic Centre of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, 58675 Hemer, Germany
11Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
12Department of Pneumology, Donaustauf Hospital, Donaustauf, Germany
13LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Centre North, German Centre for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany
14Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
15Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
16Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
17Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care, Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
18Germany German Society of Neurology, Berlin, Germany
19Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
20Department of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Helios Clinic Emil Von Behring, Berlin, Germany
21Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
22Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
23Evidence-Based Oncology, Department I of Internal Medicine and Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Dusseldorf, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
24Institute for Medical Knowledge Management, Association of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
25Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, Medical Faculty, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
26Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken Der Stadt Köln, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
27Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany