Kärkkäinen, Miia
Nurmi, Hanna
Kettunen, Hannu-Pekka
Selander, Tuomas
Purokivi, Minna
Kaarteenaho, Riitta
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis association
The Organization for Respiratory Health in Finland
Väinö and Laina Kivi Foundation
The Kuopio Region Respiratory Foundation
Jalmari ja Rauha Ahokkaan Säätiö
North Savo Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation
the state subsidy of the Kuopio University Hospital
Research Director of Kuopio University Hospital
Article History
Received: 18 December 2017
Accepted: 4 May 2018
First Online: 11 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Northern Savo Hospital District (statement 17/2013) and from the National Institute for Health and Welfare (Dnro THL/1052/5.05.01/2013). Permission to use data from death certificates was given by Statistics Finland (Dnro: TK-53-911-13). In this retrospective study, most of the patients were deceased and no consents to participate were gathered due to the register-based nature of research in accordance with Finnish legislation.
: M.K. has received congress travel grants from Intermune, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Orion Pharma and Roche; lecture fee from Boehringer-Ingelheim; H. N. has received congress travel grants from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Lilly Oncology, Novartis, Orion Pharma and GlaxoSmithKline; Consulting fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim and Roche Oy; H-P.K. received consulting fees from Roche Oy; M. P. has received travel grants from Boehringer-Ingelheim Finland Ltd., Takeda Leiras Ltd., Roche, personal fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim Finland Ltd., Chiesi, Intermune, Orion Pharma Ltd., Roche, Takeda Leiras Ltd.; T.S. has no conflicts of interest, R.K. has received congress and meeting travel costs from Orion Pharma, Roche and Boehringer-Ingelheim, consulting fees from GSK and lecture fees from Roche and Ratiopharm.
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