Sentence examples for before consent could be from inspiring English sources

First, since 18 (10%) patients died before consent could be obtained, selection bias cannot be excluded.

If the individual resided in a care home (nursing or residential), the total of home visits before consent could be as many as five.

From February 2008 to June 2010, 177 patients were prospectively screened (Additional file 2, Figure S1); of these, 25 (14%) declined consent and 18 (10%) died before consent could be obtained.

Another 35 women were invited to participate but declined consent, six others were discharged from hospital before consent could be obtained, and four were ineligible to be recruited for this study.

Eighty six children were excluded: 15 on TB treatment for >7 days; 56 due to inability to followup; 15 due to inability to obtain informed consent (11 due to refusal of the gastric aspirate procedure; one due to transfer to another hospital before consent could be obtained, and three who refused to provide consent for unspecified reasons).

PIAG/NIGBECC approval allows review of the medical records of men who died of a cause potentially related to prostate cancer before consent could be gained (provided the man did not record an objection to their medical records being used for research while alive) (PIAG 1-05(f)/2006).

The patients were included the day before surgery by chance, when written informed consent could be obtained for participation in the study including data publication.

Consent could be captured as a matter of legal record.

Among the 143 who were then informed about the PCCRI by a member of the research team, twenty-three declined participation and two wished to participate but were seen by the palliative care team before informed consent procedures could be completed.

Of the remaining 2019 eligible patients, 987 (44.8%) either did not wish to see a research nurse about the study, or were unable to do so because their clinic appointment took place before a consent interview could be undertaken.

More than three-quarters of the OVCA cases are interviewed within 9 months of diagnosis.> -wrap-foot> *Date of diagnosis was missing for 94 non-responders because some sites that required patient consent before information could be sent to Duke could not send exact diagnosis date for women who did not consent.