Strada, Andrea http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-5088
Bolognesi, Niccolò http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7465-8639
Manzoli, Lamberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8129-9344
Valpiani, Giorgia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1401-8012
Morotti, Chiara
Bravi, Francesca http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9973-720X
Bentivegna, Roberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5374-4199
Forini, Elena
Pesci, Antonella
Stefanati, Armando http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6094-3439
Di Ruscio, Eugenio http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7705-7003
Carradori, Tiziano http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-8795
Article History
Received: 2 April 2020
Accepted: 25 June 2020
First Online: 8 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Independent Ethical Committee of Area Vasta Emilia Centrale (CE-AVEC, study code: 840/2019/Oss/AOUFe; date of approval CE: 11/12/2019) and the study had an administrative permission by General Direction of Ferrara University Hospital. The Ethical Committee reviewed the study protocol and deemed it to be the evaluation of a quality improvement initiative and waived the need for informed consent according to current national legislation (“Provvedimento 176/2019 del Garante della Privacy – Provvedimento recante le prescrizioni relative al trattamento di categorie particolari di dati, ai sensi dell’art. 21, comma 1 del d.lgs. 10 agosto 2018, n. 101”). Data collection was conducted following the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, according to current national legislation and in compliance with the protection of personal data.
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: The authors declare no conflict of interests.