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Deschepper, Mieke http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6797-3147
Eeckloo, Kristof
Malfait, Simon
Benoit, Dominique
Callens, Steven
Vansteelandt, Stijn
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Article History
Received: 18 August 2020
Accepted: 6 May 2021
First Online: 18 May 2021
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: The study was approved by the ethics committee at Ghent University Hospital (Belgian registration no. B6702020000164).A separate informed consent was not obtained from all participants: The required data only includes the admission and discharge date per type of nursing unit (Cohort, Midcare, ICU), the length of stay, death and whether the patient has been ventilated. The data is linked in advance by an internal employee according to the principles of a Trust Party, whereby all possible identifiable data is removed or anonymised before it is delivered to the researcher. The analyzes are performed retrospectively on day − 1.
: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. All authors have confirmed their approval for submission of the manuscript. We confirm that the content of the manuscript has not been published, or submitted for publication elsewhere.
