Staelens, Anneleen S.
Heymans, Ann
Christiaens, Sigrid
Van Regenmortel, Niels
Gyselaers, Wilfried
Malbrain, Manu L. N. G.
Article History
Received: 18 March 2022
Accepted: 22 June 2022
First Online: 30 July 2022
Declarations
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: MLNGM is a member of the medical advisory Board of Pulsion Medical Systems (now fully integrated in Getinge, Solna, Sweden), Baxter and Serenno Medical (Tel Aviv, Israel), and consults for Maltron, ConvaTec, BD, Spiegelberg and Holtech Medical. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests in relation to the content published in this manuscript.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the study protocol, the Declaration of Helsinki and applicable regulatory requirements. We applied for approval of the protocol by the local Institutional Review Board and Ethics Committee of the Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen, ZNA Stuivenberg approved the protocol (EC approval number: 3001 with insurance policy Ethias 45.313.314) and Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium (EC 12/084U).
: Oral and written informed consent was obtained from the relatives of all patients. There were no deviations from standard care.
: Consent for publication of figures and manuscript was obtained from the persons involved.