About the Authors

Katharina F. Mueller

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Clinical Studies, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Matthias Briel

Affiliations Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Daniel Strech

Affiliation CELLS – Center for Ethics and Law in Life Sciences, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Joerg J. Meerpohl

Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Britta Lang

Affiliation German Cochrane Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Edith Motschall

Affiliation Center for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Viktoria Gloy

Affiliation Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Francois Lamontagne

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre Clinique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

Dirk Bassler

dirk.bassler@usz.ch

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zuerich, Zuerich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB JJM DB. Analyzed the data: KFM VG MB DS FL. Wrote the paper: KFM DB. Designed search strategies: MB EM. Critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content: MB DS JJM BL EM VG FL. Read and approved the final version: KFM MB DS JJM BL EM VG FL DB. Guarantors: KFM DB.