Dimanlig-Cruz, Sheryll
Corsi, Daniel J.
Lanes, Andrea
Meng, Lynn
Miao, Qun
Walker, Mark
Fell, Deshayne B.
Article History
Received: 31 October 2022
Accepted: 14 February 2023
First Online: 20 February 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for this study was granted by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Ethics Board (20/12PE) and the Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario Research Review Committee. This study involved secondary use of databases housed at BORN Ontario; therefore, individual patient consent was not required. As a Prescribed Registry under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), BORN Ontario has the authority to collect, use, and disclose personal health information without patient consent for the purpose of facilitating and improving the provision of health care. The data management and analysis for this study was conducted within the secure network environment at BORN Ontario and followed all required privacy and security policies as stipulated by PHIPA legislation and BORN Ontario. All methods were performed in accordance with the local relevant guidelines and regulations, as well as in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study followed the REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected Data (RECORD) guidelines for reporting, as outlined in ExternalRef removed (see Additional file InternalRef removed).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.