Smithline, Howard A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-5833
Donnino, Michael
Blank, Fidela S. J.
Barus, Richard
Coute, Ryan A.
Knee, Alexander B.
Visintainer, Paul
Funding for this research was provided by:
Baystate Health
Article History
Received: 29 October 2018
Accepted: 16 April 2019
First Online: 6 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The human ethics committee of both hospitals approved this study. Specifically, this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Human Research Protection Program at Baystate Medical Center, and the Institutional Review Board of the Human Subjects Protection Office at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. All subjects consented to be in this study and signed approved consent documents.
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