Ajwani, Shilpi
Ferguson, Caleb
Kong, Ariana C.
Villarosa, Amy R.
George, Ajesh
Article History
Received: 4 November 2020
Accepted: 8 March 2021
First Online: 17 March 2021
Declarations
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: The investigation conforms with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (X16-0067). All participants provided informed consent prior to participation. Carers were approached for informed consent for patients who were eligible but had an mRS of 5, but were not considered to be in a life-threatening state, intubated, or in a state where they were to be transferred into a nursing home following discharge.
: All participants or their carers provided consent for publication of the data collected. All individual data has been de-identified to ensure confidentiality.
: Dr Caleb Ferguson is supported by a 2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Ref.: 102168) from the National Heart Foundation of Australia. All other authors declare no competing interests.