Ridley, Emma J.
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Davies, Andrew R.
Parke, Rachael
Bailey, Michael
McArthur, Colin
Gillanders, Lyn
Cooper, D. James
McGuinness, Shay
Funding for this research was provided by:
Baxter Healthcare Corporation (n/a)
Article History
Received: 21 September 2017
Accepted: 2 January 2018
First Online: 23 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from The Alfred Hospital Research and Ethics committee for Australia (HREC/12/Alfred/68) and the Northern A Health and Disability Ethics Committee in New Zealand (13/NTA/52), as well as the Monash University Research and Ethics Committee (CF13/3812 – 2013001928). Written informed consent or agreement to participate was obtained from the patient’s legal surrogate, relative/friend or whanau member at the time of enrolment. Patients were approached at a later time if it was appropriate and they regained the capacity to provide consent to continue to participate.
: Not applicable
: AD is an employee of Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Australia. This position commenced in September 2015, which was after the trial had been designed and recruitment had begun. There are no other competing interests for any other authors.
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