Sharma, Nandita https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4292-7712
Singh, Mahendra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5249-360X
Bahurupi, Yogesh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2433-1624
Aggarwal, Pradeep https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1415-0483
Article History
Received: 4 June 2024
Accepted: 10 September 2024
First Online: 17 September 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) via (IEC approval letter no. AIIMS/IEC/22/533), dated 20-10-22. Complete confidentiality was maintained throughout the process. After obtaining the necessary ethical approval, death records from hospital records were obtained for the study. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) approved this study via IEC approval letter no. AIIMS/IEC/22/533 and certified that the study was performed following the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Written informed consent was obtained from every patient admitted to the hospital stating that their imaging or procedural findings even after discharge or in case of death may be used for academic or educational purposes without affecting their anonymity. And, in the case of brought dead patients, they were excluded from the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.