Weile, Jesper http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6664-3573
Laursen, Christian B.
Frederiksen, Christian A.
Graumann, Ole
Sloth, Erik
Kirkegaard, Hans
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Research Fund of Central Denmark Region (N/A)
Article History
Received: 24 September 2018
Accepted: 6 December 2018
First Online: 27 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki. The British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) has published guidelines for the safety of diagnostic ultrasound, which were strictly followed in this study [CitationRef removed]. All participating patients gave informed written consent to participate. In the event that the participant could not give informed consent, written consent was obtained from the patient’s next of kin and primary care physician subsequent to enrollment. No patients involved in the study received a lower level of care than if they were not included. All clinical workups and choices of medical intervention were administered under the liability of the treating physician. The study complies with the STROBE statement for cross sectional studies. The study was approved by the Danish National Ethics Committee (case no. 1305018) and registered with the Danish Data Protection Agency (ref. 1–16–02-603-14).
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