Li, Yuqiao
Ding, Huafeng
Li, Xiangquan
Article History
Received: 4 February 2026
Accepted: 20 April 2026
First Online: 24 April 2026
Declarations
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: Not applicable. We conducted this study using the MIMIC-IV database. The utilization of this MIMIC-IV dataset was sanctioned by the Institutional Review Board at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ethical approval was not required for this retrospective study of de-identified human data. All information was anonymized to adhere to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act guidelines. Since this study was conducted entirely using third-party, anonymous, publicly available databases, it was exempt from the requirement for individual patient consent and approval from an ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.