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Authors
Graham, Michael
Doherty, Niamh
Prendergast, Colin
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Article History
Received: 3 January 2016
Accepted: 21 March 2016
First Online: 31 March 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
: Ethical approval was gained through the Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI) via Proportionate Review Application.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: No funding was required.
: Informed consent was not obtained from participants included in the study. As this is a retrospective study with no patient identifiable data included we felt that written consent was not required. This decision was made in conjunction with advice from the Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI) who provided ethical approval for this study.
