Declarations
Competing interests
No funds, grants, or other support was received by any of the authors
for conducting this study.
Ethics approval
Publication of this retrospective study was approved by the Ethics
Committee Research JESSA Hospitals Hasselt.
Consent for publication
Written patient’s or relative’s consent for publication was obtained and
can be presented if needed.
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