Ethics approval and consent to participate
- All experimental protocols were approved by The Alfred Hospital Ethics Committee (Project No: 176/21) approved this study with a waiver of informed consent.
- ANZICS Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation Management Committee granted access to the ANZICS-APD in accordance with standing protocols.
- All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of theDeclaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication
Availability of data and materials
- The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available as these are linked from three registries (ANZICS, VAED and VDI), but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Competing interests
- All authors declare no support from any organization for the submitted work.
- All authors declare no financial or non-financial competing interests with regards to the submitted work.
Funding
- No financial support, including any institutional departmental funds, was used for the study.
Author contributions:
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Ashwin Subramaniam
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Conceptualization, Methodology, Data curation, Project administration, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Writing - review and editing
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Kiran Shekar
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Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review and editing
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Christopher Anstey
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Supervision, Software, writing – review and editing
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Ravindranath Tiruvoipati
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Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review and editing
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David Pilcher
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Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review and editing
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All authors critically reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version before submission.
All authors have agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and ensured that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work.
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Acknowledgement
The authors and the ANZICS CORE management committee would like to thank clinicians, data collectors and researchers at the following contributing sites: Albury Base Hospital, Alfred Hospital, Alice Springs Hospital, Angliss Hospital, Armadale Health Service, Ashford Community Hospital, Auckland City Hospital CV, Auckland City Hospital DCCM, Austin Hospital, Ballarat Health Services, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Bathurst Base Hospital, Bendigo Health Care Group, Blacktown Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, Bunbury Regional Hospital, Bundaberg Base Hospital, Caboolture Hospital, Cabrini Hospital, Cairns Hospital, Calvary Hospital (Canberra), Calvary Mater Newcastle, Calvary Wakefield Hospital (Adelaide), Campbelltown Hospital, Canberra Hospital, Casey Hospital, Central Gippsland Health Service, Christchurch Hospital, Coffs Harbour Health Campus, Concord Hospital (Sydney), Dandenong Hospital, Dubbo Base Hospital, Dunedin Hospital, Epworth Hospital (Richmond), Fairfield Hospital, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders Private Hospital, Footscray Hospital, Frankston Hospital, Gold Coast Private Hospital, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gosford Hospital, Gosford Private Hospital, Goulburn Base Hospital, Goulburn Valley Health, Grafton Base Hospital, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Griffith Base Hospital, Hawkes Bay Hospital, Hervey Bay Hospital, Hollywood Private Hospital, Holmesglen Private Hospital, Holy Spirit Northside Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Hutt Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, John Fawkner Hospital, John Hunter Hospital, Joondalup Health Campus, Kareena Private Hospital, Knox Private Hospital, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, Lingard Private Hospital, Lismore Base Hospital, Liverpool Hospital, Logan Hospital, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Mackay Base Hospital, Macquarie University Private Hospital, Maitland Hospital, Maitland Private Hospital, Manning Rural Referral Hospital, Maroondah Hospital, Mater Adults Hospital (Brisbane), Mater Health Services North Queensland, Mater Private Hospital (Brisbane), Mater Private Hospital (Sydney), Melbourne Private Hospital, Middlemore Hospital, Mildura Base Hospital, Monash Medical Centre (Clayton), Mount Hospital, Mount Isa Hospital, Nelson Hospital, Nepean Hospital, Noosa Hospital, North Shore Hospital, North Shore Private Hospital, North West Regional Hospital (Burnie), Northeast Health Wangaratta, Northern Beaches Hospital, Norwest Private Hospital, Orange Base Hospital, Peninsula Private Hospital, Pindara Private Hospital, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Redcliffe Hospital, Robina Hospital, Rockhampton Hospital, Rockingham General Hospital, Rotorua Hospital, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Royal Darwin Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Ryde Hospital & Community Health Services, Shoalhaven Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, South West Healthcare (Warrnambool), St Andrew's Hospital (Adelaide), St Andrew's Hospital Toowoomba, St Andrew's Private Hospital (Ipswich), St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, St George Hospital (Sydney), St George Private Hospital (Sydney), St John of God (Berwick), St John Of God Health Care (Subiaco), St John of God Hospital (Bendigo), St John Of God Hospital (Geelong), St John Of God Hospital (Murdoch), St John of God Midland Public & Private, St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne), St Vincent's Hospital (Sydney), St Vincent's Hospital (Toowoomba), St Vincent's Private Hospital Fitzroy, Sunnybank Hospital, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital, Sunshine Hospital, Sutherland Hospital & Community Health Services, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Tamworth Base Hospital, Tauranga Hospital, The Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, The Northern Hospital, The Prince Charles Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth (Adelaide), The Townsville Hospital, The Valley Private Hospital, The Wesley Hospital, Timaru Hospital, Tweed Heads District Hospital, University Hospital Geelong, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital & District Health, Waikato Hospital, Warringal Private Hospital, Wellington Hospital, Werribee Mercy Hospital, Western District Health Service (Hamilton), Western Hospital (SA), Westmead Hospital, Whangarei Area Hospital, Northland Health Ltd, Wimmera Health Care Group (Horsham), Wollongong Hospital, and Wyong Hospital.