Luz, Paulo
Lopes-Brás, Raquel
de Pinho, Inês Soares
Patel, Vanessa
Esperança-Martins, Miguel
Gonçalves, Lisa
Gonçalves, Joana
Freitas, Rita
Simão, Diana
Galnares, Maria Roldán
Criado, Silvia Artacho
Nobre, Amanda
Medina, Elias A. Gracia
Vega, Isabel M. Saffie
de Sousa, Rita Teixeira
Costa, Luís
Gregório, João
Costa, João G.
Fernandes, Ana S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6350-0641
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (DOI 10.54499/UIDP/04567/2020, DOI 10.54499/UIDB/04567/2020, CEEC/CBIOS/EPH/2018)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Article History
Received: 21 January 2025
Accepted: 16 April 2025
First Online: 10 May 2025
Declarations
:
: No conflict of interest exists for any of the authors.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the School of Health Sciences and Technologies – U. Lusófona (Ref. CE.ECTS/P23-23) after prior approval by the Ethics Committees of each hospital involved in this study to ensure compliance with national and international guidelines for research involving human subjects.
: This study and collection data were approved by the Ethics Committees of all hospitals involved, followed by the approval by the Ethics Committee of the School of Health Sciences and Technologies (Ref. CE.ECTS/P23-23; ).Due to the retrospective and non-interventional nature of the study, no additional consents were required beyond the standard procedures for handling clinical data already established in each hospital.