Philippe, Emilie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7695-6461
Henrard, Séverine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-8093
Boland, Benoit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-3085
Marien, Sophie
Article History
Accepted: 18 January 2023
First Online: 23 February 2023
Declarations
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: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
: Emilie Philippe, Séverine Henrard, Benoit Boland, and Sophie Marien have no potential conflicts of interest that might be relevant to this work.
: The study protocol was approved by the Comité d’Ethique Hospitalo-Facultaire, Cliniques Univeritaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (reference 2018/14FEV/063, registration number B403).
: Considering the signification proportion of deceased patients included in this study, related to its retrospective nature and the age and frailty of the cohort included, we elected not to ask for informed consent, so as not to cause undue distress to deceased patients’ families.
: Not applicable.
: The datasets that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: All authors have made significant contributions to the study. EP, SH, and SM conceptualized and designed the study. EP, BB, and SM worked on the literature review and data collection. EP performed the initial analysis and interpretation of the data while SH performed the formal statistical analysis. EP and SM drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed to critically revising it. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.