Biomarker-enhanced triage in respiratory infections: a proof-of-concept feasibility trial.

"Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside the online version of this article at www.erj.ersjournals.com"

"We are grateful to Renate Hunziker and the staff of the central medical laboratory of the Kantonsspital Aarau for their expert technical and logistic support; to Petra Tobias and Susanne Schirlo and the medical and nursing staff of the Emergency Dept and the medical wards of the Kantonsspital Aarau for their support and participation; to Ruth Schweingruber and Anja Keller for logistic support; to Martin Frey, Lukas Schlatter, Rene Fiechter, Beat Stierlin and the medical and nursing staff of the Klinik Barmelweid (Barmelweid, Switzerland) for their support; to Stefan Mariacher, Eveline Wiederkehr and the medical and nursing staff of the AarReha Schinznach (Schinznach-Bad, Switzerland) for their support; and to Jörg Fröhlich, Renata Kleeb and Martin Flückiger (all Kantonsspital Aarau) for expert financial advice. The authors are grateful to Martin Roth, Theres Matter and Susanne Hochuli of the Dept for Gesundheit und Soziales, Kanton Aargau, for financial support. Support statement: Funding was provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 32003B_135222/1; Dept of Health, Kanton Aargau; Forschungsrat and Medical University Department Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland)."

"Clinical trial: This study is registered at www.controlled-trials.com with identifier number ISRCTN62022490."