Hall, Anna
Crichton, Siobhan
Varrier, Matt
Bear, Danielle E.
Ostermann, Marlies http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-9080
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Article History
Received: 1 October 2017
Accepted: 23 July 2018
First Online: 2 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the national Research Ethics Committee (REC) London – Camberwell St Giles (REC number 13/LO/0064) and the institutional Research & Development Department. If a patient had capacity to consent, written informed consent was obtained prior to enrolment. If a patient did not have capacity, the opinion of a personal consultee was sought in accordance with section 32 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (UK). In this case, patients were asked to give informed written consent confirming their willingness to continue participation once they had regained capacity. If retrospective consent was declined, all collected samples and data were discarded. In case retrospective consent could not be obtained due to death or lack of capacity, the REC felt it appropriate that these patients were included in the analysis.
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