From the *Department of Paediatrics, Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne
†Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
‡Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
§Division of Neonatology, McMaster University Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
¶Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Isala Women and Children’s Hospital, Zwolle
‖Department of Paediatrics, Haaglanden Medical Centre, ‘s Gravenhage, The Netherlands
**Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Motol University Hospital, Second Medical Faculty, Prague, Czech Republic
††Department of Neonatology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft
‡‡Department of Neonatology, Zuyderland Medical Centre, Heerlen
§§Department of Neonatology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam
¶¶Department of Jeroen Bosch Academy Research, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
‖‖Department of Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg
***Department of Paediatrics, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
†††Department of Paediatrics, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur
‡‡‡Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children`s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
§§§Department of Neonatology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht
¶¶¶Department of Neonatology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
‖‖‖Department of Neonatology, St. Josephs Healthcare, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
****Department of Paediatrics, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland
††††Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam
‡‡‡‡Therapeuticum Utrecht, Utrecht
§§§§Department of Pediatrics, Tergooi Hospital, Blaricum, the Netherlands and Amsterdam University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
¶¶¶¶Department of Neonatology, University Children’s Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
‖‖‖‖Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, Head Biostatistics and Methodology, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Accepted for publication August 22, 2021
This study was supported by The Thrasher Foundation (9143) to [M.S.]; The NutsOhra Foundation (1101-059) to [A.M.C.v.R.]; The Sophia Foundation for Scientific research (681) to [W.v.H.]; and the Swiss National Science Foundation (200021_188466) to [I.D.]. In addition, Thermofisher provided procalcitonin kits and provided an unrestricted grant for the organization of 4 investigator meetings (2008, 2009, 2013 and 2015).
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
M.S. and I.D. contributed equally as co-first authors. A.M.C.v.R. and J.E.V. contributed equally as co-senior authors.
Address for correspondence: Martin Stocker, MD, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected].
