LeMense, Gregory P. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-2988
Waller, Ernest A.
Campbell, Cheryl
Bowen, Tyler
Article History
Received: 26 November 2019
Accepted: 1 April 2020
First Online: 29 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was evaluated by the institutional review board of Blount Memorial Hospital (Maryville, TN) on December 14, 2018, IRB#0046. The institutional review board determined the study to be exempt from review in accordance with United States Department of Health and Human Services Regulation 45 CFR 46.101(b) and approved a waiver of consent in accordance with 45 CFR 46.117C(2).
: Not applicable. This paper presents aggregate data.
: Related to the submitted work, the authors received non-financial medical writing and editorial assistance from Medtronic. Outside of the submitted work, GPL has received consultant fees from Medtronic. EAW, CC, and TB declare no additional conflicts of interest. Medical writing support was provided by Kristin L. Hood PhD of Medtronic to expand the authors’ independent research presentations into a manuscript, in accordance with Good Publication Practice (GPP3) guidelines [CitationRef removed]. Study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and the decision to submit to publication was under the full direction of the authors.