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Article History

Received: 29 April 2024

Accepted: 26 August 2024

First Online: 3 September 2024

Declarations

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: As the study was a retrospective analysis using secondary patient data only without reporting on protected health information, the requirement for obtaining informed consent was waived. The INTEGO procedures were approved by the KU Leuven Ethics Committee (nr. ML1723) and by the Belgian National Privacy Commission’s Sectoral Committee (decision nr. 13.026 of March 19, 2013, last modified on April 17, 2018). The Institutional Review Board at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reviewed the gathering of patient information and the development of the MIMIC-IV dataset. They approved the data sharing initiative and granted a waiver of informed consent.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.