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Article History

Received: 5 June 2022

Accepted: 9 October 2022

First Online: 19 October 2022

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Considering the nature of this study, which was a retrospective cohort study involving non-identifiable data from hospital databases, approval by Research Ethics Committees was not required; however, the study was conducted in accordance with institutions’ policies and internal arrangements approved by local Clinical Governance Units, and all the authors declared compliance with the policies before being granted access to local hospital database.

: This study was a retrospective cohort study involving non-identifiable data from hospital databases, and there was no direct involvement of patients during the study; nevertheless, the study was conducted in compliance with Helsinki ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.

: Considering the nature of this study, which was a retrospective cohort study involving non-identifiable data from hospital databases and there was no direct involvement of patients during the study, informed consent was not required.

: The authors declare no competing interests.