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Article History

Received: 8 March 2018

Accepted: 19 November 2018

First Online: 11 December 2018

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: Quorum Review IRB issued a written determination of exemption for this study (Protocol Number: Exemption Determination - 30552).

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: FG declares that he is been expert witness in several cases of perinatal asphyxia and has received money from academic insitutions to give lectures on perinatal asphyxia. In addition, he has patent CA 2419302 A1: Use of 2-iminobiotin for the prevention or treatment of perinatal asphyxia in neonates licensed to Neurophyxia (ExternalRef removed). RT declares that she is an editor of the book <i>Shared Decision Making in Health Care: Achieving evidence-based patient choice</i> (Oxford University Press, 2016) and will receive royalties from the sale of this book in the forthcoming year. RT is also an owner of copyright in several written works, including patient surveys and patient decision aids intended for use in routine maternity care delivery and research; she receives no income in relation to this intellectual property ownership. AB, AF, TF, TK, EO, SG, SDK, RP, JRRJ, MG, MC, MLR, MN, JD, IAW, IR, GB, EM, CSa, CSt, AMS, MO and SW have no competing interests to disclose.

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