Briggs, Datonye Christopher https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2462-4964
Hlongwa, Khanyisile https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-6339
McCulloch, Mignon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-4785
Nourse, Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-4456
Brink, Anita https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-2379
Coetzee, Ashton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-9978
Article History
Received: 24 September 2025
Accepted: 26 November 2025
First Online: 29 November 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Cape Town (HREC:805/2024) and the ethics committee of the Red Cross War Memorial Hospital (RXH: RCC 451/WC_220410_034). Due to the retrospective nature of the study, a waiver of parental consent was also approved by the Institutional Ethics Committees (HREC:805/2024). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.