Vehviläinen, Juho http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7521-8512
Virta, Jyri J.
Skrifvars, Markus B.
Reinikainen, Matti
Bendel, Stepani
Ala-Kokko, Tero
Hoppu, Sanna
Laitio, Ruut
Siironen, Jari
Raj, Rahul
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri (VTR TYH2018227, VTR TYH2023330)
Finska Läkaresällskapet
Maire Taposen Säätiö
Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv och Hälsa
Svenska Kulturfonden
University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 26 July 2023
Accepted: 17 October 2023
First Online: 1 November 2023
Declarations
:
: The ethics committee of Helsinki University Hospital (194/13/03/14 §97), the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL/713/5.05.01/2014 and THL/1298/5.05.00/2019), Statistics Finland (TK-53–1047-14), the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela 23/522/2018), the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Dnro 2713/402/2016 28.10.16), and all the participating university hospitals’ research committees approved this study.
: All ethics/research committees waived the need for informed patient consent given the retrospective nature of the study and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care.
: Not applicable as all committees waived the need for informed patient consent.
: M. S. has received a travel grant and lecture fee from BARD Medical (Ireland). J. R. has received a lecture fee from Bayer (Finland). These activities have no relation to any of the work presented in this article. Authors J. V. and J. S. have had personal grants from Maire Taponen Foundation. R. R. has had personal grants from Finska Läkaresällskapet, Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv & Hälsa, Svenska Kulturfonden. Authors J. J. V., M. R., S. B., T. A-K., S. H., and R. L. have no competing financial interests to report.