Zuniga, Bryan
Lopez, Nicholas
Simonton, Kirsten
Samet, Jonathan D
Article History
Received: 25 March 2025
Revised: 14 July 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 7 August 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.As the study was retrospective, we received a full waiver of HIPAA Authorization for the use and disclosure of protected health information for studies involving minimal risk to the privacy of individuals. The human ethics and consent to participate were therefore not applicable. The study was approved by the hospital’s official internal review board (IRB).
: The authors declare no competing interests.