Meah, Mohammed M. N.
Joseph, Tobin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-9895
Ding, Wern Yew
Shaw, Matthew
Hasleton, Jonathan
Palmer, Nick D.
Velavan, Periaswamy
Aggarwal, Suneil K.
Article History
Received: 29 September 2020
Accepted: 21 December 2020
First Online: 13 January 2021
Ethics statement and consent to participate
: We followed the NHS REC decision flowchart (see Additional file InternalRef removed: Fig. 1) and in line with this guidance ethical approval was not sought. The NHS REC flowchart can be found: ExternalRef removedWe felt that this vital information should be shared with the wider medical community and so a manuscript was prepared and submitted to BMC. Consent was not sought at the time of patient admission as they were not being enrolled into any study. All patient healthcare data were collected anonymously, retrospectively and no patient identifiable data were collected or described in the manuscript. This was in line with the NHS Health Research Authority guidance [CitationRef removed].
: All authors confirm that they have no competing interests.
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