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"Declarations Ethics approvalThis study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the regional review boards in Lund (2016/443) and Uppsala (2012/347), Sweden, and by the Danish Patient Safety Authority (3–3013-1692/1). Consent to participateInformed consent was obtained from all the individual participants included in the study. Consent for publicationThe authors affirm that the human research participants provided informed consent for publication. Conflict of interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Lund University. This work was supported by the Swedish government and Region Skåne under the ALF agreement (the Medical Training and Research Agreement), and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden."