Shaffer, Seth R.
Nugent, Zoann
Bernstein, Charles N.
Walkty, Andrew
Singh, Harminder
Article History
Received: 24 November 2021
Accepted: 14 March 2022
First Online: 26 March 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the University of Manitoba’s Health Research Ethics Board and Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living (MHSAL)’s Health Information and Privacy Committee. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All study investigators consent to participate in the publication. This is a retrospective database study and hence consent to participate by study subjects is waived by the ethics boards i.e. not applicable. Publication of study results does not compromise anonymity or confidentiality or breach local data protection laws.
: Not applicable.
: There are no direct competing interests to the study materials and content. However, the financial industry disclosures include: Dr. Shaffer has consulted to Takeda Canada. Dr. Bernstein has served on advisory boards or consulted to Abbvie Canada, Amgen Canada, Janssen Canada, Pfizer Canada, Roche Canada, Sandoz Canada, Takeda, and Mylan Pharmaceuticals, and has received unrestricted educational grants from Abbvie Canada, Janssen Canada, Pfizer Canada, and Takeda Canada. He has been on the speaker’s bureau for Abbvie Canada, Takeda Canada, Janssen Canada and Medtronic Canada. He has received investigator initiated grants from Abbvie Canada and Pfizer Canada. Dr. Singh has been on advisory boards or consulted to Amgen Canada, Roche Canada, Sandoz Canada, Takeda Canada, and Guardant Health, Inc., Rest of the authors have no potential conflicts of interest to declare.