Retraction to: Intensive Care Med (1998) 24: 1187–1193 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340050743


The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. A statement by Justus Liebig University (JLU) [1] on the scientific credibility of articles by Joachim Boldt has recommended that journal editors consider retracting all articles "where Boldt is the responsible author even if there is no obvious indication of falsification". Given the concerns about the studies performed by Joachim Boldt the Editor-in-Chief no longer has confidence in the work reported in this article. J. Boldt and S. Suttner have not responded to correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction. The Publisher has not been able to obtain current email addresses for G. Walz, J. Triem and B. Kumle.