Deane, Charlene http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-5747
Walker, Caroline http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-1472
Ryan, Barbara http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8400-9202
O’Connor, Anthony http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-4820
O’Donnell, Sarah http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8209-8627
Breslin, Niall http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-472X
McNamara, Deirdre http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2324-3382
Article History
Received: 5 August 2022
Accepted: 31 October 2022
First Online: 9 March 2023
Declarations
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: Permission to undertake this investigation under the auspices of Tallaght University Hospital’s clinical audit/service evaluation/quality improvement initiative was granted, and full ethics submission to the St James Hospital / Tallaght University Hospital Joint Research Ethics Committee was waived. The study was performed following Tallaght University Hospital quality improvement board’s guidelines and regulations. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Non-applicable.
: Prof. Deirdre McNamara and Tallaght University Hospital have received research equipment support from Medtronic previously. No other author has competing interests as defined by BMC, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.