Acknowledgements

CoBaTrICE has been an outstanding success thanks to the commitment, enthusiasm and hard work of very many individuals worldwide. The many contributors are listed below, and I wish to express a personal debt to my colleagues on the steering committee and in particular our outstanding research fellow Hannah Barrett, the national co-ordinators and reporters who gave their time freely and in many instances self-funded their participation in the project, the members of the working groups and the nominal group, and our many trainees. The future of CoBaTrICE lies with the trainees and their successors, through the national training organisations which also gave their support and commitment to the project.

Dr J.F.Bion (project lead)

 The CoBaTrICE Collaboration - who's who

Steering Committee Partners:

Project Lead: J.F. Bion.
Research Fellow: H. Barrett.
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine: A. Augier, D. d'Hoir, G. Libreau, S. Smitz de Smet.
University of Birmingham: H. Barrett, J.F. Bion, A. Bullock, S. Field, J. Lonbay.
Charles University Hospital, Pilsen: I. Novak.
Picker Institute Europe: J. Askham, C. Powell, A. Hasman.
Intensium Oy: A. Kari, P. Mussalo, J. Partanen.

National Coordinators & Deputies:

A. Gallesio, S. Giannasi (Argentina); C. Krenn (Austria); J.H. Havill (Australia, New Zealand); P. Ferdinande, D. De Backer (Belgium); E. Knobel (Brazil); I. Smilov, Y. Petkov (Bulgaria); D. Leasa, R. Hodder (Canada); V. Gasparovic (Croatia); O. Palma (Costa Rica); T. Kyprianou, M. Kakas (Cyprus); V. Sramek, V. Cerny (Czech Republic); Y. Khater (Egypt); S. Sarapuu, J. Starkopf (Estonia); T. Silfvast, P. Loisa (Finland); J. Chiche, B. Vallet (France); M. Quintel (Germany); A. Armaganidis, A. Mavrommatis (Greece); C. Gomersall, G. Joynt (Hong Kong); T. Gondos (Hungary); A. Bede (Hungary); S. Iyer (India); I. Mustafa (Indonesia); B. Marsh, D. Phelan (Ireland); P. Singer, J. Cohen (Israel); A. Gullo, G. Iapichino (Italy); Y. Yapobi (Ivory Coast); S. Kazune (Latvia); A. Baublys (Lithuania); L. Tai (Malaysia); A. Van Zanten A. Girbes (The Netherlands); A. Mikstacki (Poland); B. Tamowicz (Poland); J. Pimentel, P. Martins (Portugal); J. Wernerman, E Rønholm, H. Flatten (Scandinavia); R. Zahorec, J. Firment (Slovakia); G. Voga, R. Pareznik (Slovenia); G. Gonzalez-Diaz, L. Blanch, P. Monedero (Spain); H.U. Rothen, M. Maggiorini (Switzerland); N. Ünal, Z. Alanoglu (Turkey); A. Batchelor, K. Gunning (United Kingdom); T. Buchman (United States of America).

CoBaTrICE Advisory Board:

S.Rounds (ATS); N.T. Mathews (ANZICS); D. Dreyfuss (CNERM); J.E. Morris (Critical Care Information Advisory Group, UK); W. Hacke (DIVI); A. Rossi, M. Elliott (ERS); D. Zideman (ERC); H.J. Priebe (ESA); J. Ramet (ESPNIC); J. Besso (Panamerican and Iberic Federation of Societies of Intensive Care Medicine); T.Buchman (SCCM); L. Cabré (SEMICYUC); F. Esen (Turkish National Society of Intensive Care Medicine); H. Van Aken (UEMS); J. Williams (WfCCN); G..Park (World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine); T.S. Koon (WPACCM).

CoBaTrICE Delphi participants:

536 respondents in 57 countries.

CoBaTrICE Nominal Group:

Dr. A. Armaganidis (Greece); Dr. U. Bartels (Germany); Dr. P. Ferdinande (Belgium); Dr. V. Gasparovic (Croatia); Dr. C. Gomersall (Hong Kong); Dr. S. Iyer (India); Dr. A. Larsson (Denmark); Dr. M. Parker (United States); Dr. J.A. Romand (Switzerland); Dr. F. Rubulotta (Italy); Prof. J. Scholes (United Kingdom); Dr. A van Zanten (The Netherlands).

CoBaTrICE survey of patients and relatives - ICU Representatives:

V Sramek (NC), V Cerny, R Parizkova, I Novak, P Potuckova, O Marek, I Chytra, P Jiranek, Z Veleba, C Adamec, J Manak (Czech Republic); E Rønholm (NC), JS Hansen, D Köhler, B Rasmussen, A Poulsen, K Espersen, KM Larsen, K Martinsen, H Stougaard, K Antonsen, NE Drenck, E Peddersen, H Joensen (Denmark); F Rubulotta & A Gullo (National Coordinator), G Iapichino, A Pezzi, C Anello Belluomo, ML Tuccillo, V Lanza, A Pigantaro, D Carmelo, C Quattrone, GP Giron, E Facco, R Alvisi, M Capuzzo, R De Gaudio, C Adembri, M Antonelli, G Ferro, Paolo Piccini, N Zamperetti.F (Italy); A van Zanten (NC), K de Blok, M Petjak, C Slagt, C de Ridder, RAL de Waal, J Leijs, H Ponssen, H Joore, A Girbes, E Smit (The Netherlands); A Mikstacki (NC), B Tamowicz, M Jurkiewicz, W Gaszynski, A Kübler, M Lukaszewski, A Nestorowicz, J Biernacka, L Drobnik, M Blaszyk, R Szulc, A Pytlinski, J Nadolski, J Tyczka, D Maciejewski, E Loniewska-Palecnzy, J Bojko, K Wojciech (Poland); G. Gonzalez Diaz (NC), M del Bano Aledo, R Peyro Garcia, P Monedero, L Blanch, G Gomá, M Maluenda, J Blanco Varela, V Fraile Gutierrez, LI Cabré Pericas, G Carrasco Gómez, MV de la Torre-Prados, L Rucabado Aguilar, J Garcia Pardo (Spain); HU Rothen (NC), C Jenni, M Laube, P Mandorff, D Ryser, M Maggiorini, R Stocker, A Haller, R Chiolero, J-P Revelly, P Eckert, R Lussmann (Switzerland); K. Gunning (NC); J.F. Bion; S. Desai; J. Hurst; M. Blunt; C. Underwood; B. Appadu; A. Vuylsteke; F. Bottrill; I. Crabb; P. Nightingale; D. Downs; C. Danbury; C. Jones (UK). CoBaTrICE survey of patients and relatives: 1391 respondents from 70 ICUs in 8 European countries. Report principle authors: H.U.Rothen; P. Berg.

CoBaTrICE Editorial Working Group:

J. Bion (Chair); L. Blanch (Spain); C. Gillbe (United Kingdom); T. Gondos (Hungary); D. Grimaldi (France); T. Kyprianou (Cyprus); D. McAuley (United Kingdom); A. Mikstacki (Poland); I. Novak (Czech Republic); D. Phelan (Ireland); G. Ramsay (The Netherlands); E Rønholm (Denmark); H.U. Rothen (Switzerland).

CoBaTrICE Assessment Working Group:

A. Bullock, A. Van Zanten (chairs); A. Bachelor, G. Bahmane, U. Bartels, T. Buchman, P. Ferdinande, S. Giannasi, N. Goedele, G. Gonzalez-Diaz, K. Gunning, R. Hodder, S. Kazune, A. Lopez-Martinez, R. Montiel, B. Orbey, O. Palma, M. Quintel, F. Rosemeier, I. Smilov, V. Sramek, T. Standley, P. Suk, B. Tamowicz, N. Unal, R. Zahorec.

CoBaTrICE Educational Resources Working Group:

C. Gomersall, A. Girbes (chairs); T. Admiraal, Z. Alanglu, D. Ambike, D. Arawwawala, A. Armaganidis, T. Bates, A. Baubylis, T. de Beer, S. Bierao, M. Bhattacharya, N. Bradic, V. Cerny, T. Christodoulou, L. Dadak, M. Dam, P. Daskalakis, N. Devesa, S. Finney, G. Fontini, A. Gallesio, H. Gasparovic, V. Gasparovic, C. Georgiou, I. Gornik, P. Gradisek, M. Hari, N. Hayes, E. Ho, B. Hudournik, S. Iyer, S. Jones, G. Joynt, N. Juffermans, S. Kaul, R. Knafelj, L. Kontozis, P. Kopteridis, S. Krishnan, A. Lane, T. Li, T. Li Ling, B. Marsh, H. McConnell, L. Menadue, P. Monedero, J. Moore, R Mhuircheartaigh, B. O'Brien, J. Oram, L. Parker, R. Paskeviciene, J. Pettit, J. Pimintel, F. Rubulotta, C. Salazar-Ramez, A. Shah, U. Shahana, B. Shippey, J.E. Silva Sousa, A. Socias, E. Stefanatou, A. Steger, G. Strandvik, R. Stumpfle, R. Sundaram, I. Tsagaris, T. Vaisnoras, G. Voga, S. Vosylius, C. Warr, S. Yalcin.

CoBaFolio Working Group:

T. Standley (chair), M. Hari, N. Juffermans, U. Bartels; A. Martinez; B. Orbey. CoBaTrICE is supported by a grant from the EU Leonardo da Vinci programme. Additional supporters: ESICM; SCCM; SGI; GlaxoSmithKline; Pfizer (HK).

CoBaTrICE is supported by the European Critical Care Research Network (ECCRN) of the ESICM