Wiersema, Renske
Jukarainen, Sakari
Eck, Ruben J.
Kaufmann, Thomas
Koeze, Jacqueline
Keus, Frederik
Pettilä, Ville
van der Horst, Iwan C. C.
Vaara, Suvi T.
Article History
Received: 27 December 2019
Accepted: 13 April 2020
First Online: 21 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: In unresponsive patients, informed consent was first obtained from the legal representatives. Consent for the use of the study data was asked at a later time if the patient recovered consciousness. If the patient died before consent was obtained, the study data was used, and the legal representatives were informed of the study. The study was approved by the local institutional review board (Medisch Ethische Toetsingscommissie, University Medical Center Groningen; M18.228393 2018/203).
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.