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Ingebrigtsen, Erlend
Persett, Per Sverre
Brekke, Mette
Heyerdahl, Fridtjof
Hovda, Knut Erik
Vallersnes, Odd Martin
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Article History
Received: 11 May 2022
Accepted: 20 September 2022
First Online: 29 September 2022
Declarations
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: The study was done as part of a quality improvement study, commissioned by the director of the Department of Emergency General Practice at the OAEOC and by the head of the Department of Acute Medicine at the OUH, as per the Norwegian Law on Health Personnel ยง26. The OUH Information Security and Privacy Office (ref no 2013/3706) assessed the study to be a quality improvement study. Hence, the need for approval by an ethics committee was waived by the Norwegian ethics committee regulations for quality improvement studies. The need for informed consent from the patients was also waived by the Norwegian ethics committee regulations for quality improvement studies. Data were registered anonymously from electronic medical records. The study was performed in accordance with guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
