Yang, Jie
Wang, Wenna
Lu, Yizhen
Li, Chunyao
Wei, Shuwu
Sun, Weiwei
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82004272)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2023
Accepted: 24 January 2025
First Online: 30 January 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (Project Approval No. 2022DZMEC-317-02). The basis of ethical review mainly includes the International Ethical Guidelines on Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (2002) issued by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, the Methodology for Ethical Review of Biomedical Research Involving Human Beings issued by the National Health Commission (No. 11, 2016), and the Declaration of Helsinki issued by the World Medical Association (2013), etc. This study was a retrospective study and data were collected from the inpatient electronic system, patients did not sign informed consent forms. The ethical review committee of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine also accepted our application for waiver of informed consent form in the process of ethical review.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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