Cadranel, Jean-François David
Ollivier-Hourmand, Isabelle
Cadranel, Jacques
Thevenot, Thierry
Zougmore, Honoré
Nguyen-Khac, Eric
Bureau, Christophe
Allaire, Manon
Nousbaum, Jean-Baptiste
Loustaud-Ratti, Véronique
Causse, Xavier
Sogni, Philippe
Hanslik, Bertrand
Bourliere, Marc
Peron, Jean-Marie
Ganne-Carrie, Nathalie
Dao, Thong
Thabut, Dominique
Maitre, Bernard.
Debzi, Nabil
Smadhi, Ryad
Sombie, Roger
Kpossou, Raimi
Nouel, Olivier
Bissonnette, Julien
Ruiz, Isaac
Medmoun, Mourad
Dastis, Sergio Negrin
Deltenre, Pierre
Artru, Florent
Raherison, Chantal
Elkrief, Laure
Lemagoarou, Tristan
Article History
Received: 2 May 2022
Accepted: 23 August 2023
First Online: 12 September 2023
Declarations
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: All documents concerning the ethics are to be found in an attached file. All responders had consented to participate in the study. Among all the participating countries there was no need for approval by an ethic committee; The data from Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Montreal and Switzerland as well as the opinion of the local ethic committee of the coordinator center are also included in the study. The study protocol was evaluated by the GHPSO ethic committee. After the evaluation of the study protocol of “International survey among hepatologists ans pneumologists on hepatic hydrothorax: plea for recommendations” by the ethic committee of GHPSO Creil France presided by Doctor Isabelle QUENTIN MD; the ethic committee waived the ethics approval because our study targets doctors and does not involve patients or changes in practices. All responders had consented to participate in the study. The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The RGPD document regarding the consent to publish is included in order to prove that all the participants consented freely to participate in the study. Indeed each respondant freely consent to participate in the study. This document was part of the google form. As our manuscript contains no potentially identifying information. As consent for the publication of identifying images or other personal or clinical details of participants that compromise anonymity. As our manuscript contains no potentially identifying information: not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.