Shigematsu, Hideo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-9655
Fukui, Kayo
Kanou, Akiko
Yokoyama, Erika
Tanaka, Makiko
Fujimoto, Mutsumi
Suzuki, Kanako
Ikejiri, Haruka
Amioka, Ai
Hiraoka, Emiko
Sasada, Shinsuke
Emi, Akiko
Nakagiri, Tetsuya
Arihiro, Koji
Okada, Morihito
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 14 June 2024
Accepted: 20 September 2024
First Online: 3 October 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: This retrospective chart review study involving human participants was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethical Review Board of the Bioethics Committee of the Medical University of Hiroshima (No. 1166).
: Given the retrospective observational nature of this study utilizing a hospital database, the requirement for informed consent was waived.
: An opt-out approach was used because this was a retrospective cohort study using medical information.