de Beer-Brandon, Caroline R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0522-4033
van Rooijen, Agatha J.
Becker, Piet J.
Paruk, Fathima
Funding for this research was provided by:
Critical Care Society of South Africa
Article History
Received: 10 October 2023
Accepted: 1 February 2024
First Online: 22 May 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria in 2017 (number 394/2017). All patients included gave informed consent to participate. Permission to conduct the study was also obtained from the CEO of Steve Biko Academic Hospital as well as the head of the Critical Care and Physiotherapy departments of the hospital respectively. The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.