Craven, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8826-2563
Byrne, Fionnuala
Mahony, Rhona
Walsh, Jennifer M.
Article History
Received: 29 May 2019
Accepted: 19 November 2020
First Online: 1 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Data for this study were gathered as part of an ongoing hospital-wide audit. As this study was a retrospective analysis of data, an independent ethical review was not deemed necessary and the need for consent was waived by the National Maternity Hospital Ethics Committee (Data Protection Guidelines on research in the Health Sector, Data Protection Commissioner, November, 2007). All patient data was de-identified as part of this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.