Article History
Accepted: 20 July 2021
First Online: 9 August 2021
Declarations
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: The authors have no funding sources to disclose.
: Juan C. Pascual, Ana Martín-Blanco, and Joaquim Soler declare they have no conflicts of interest.
: Not applicable.
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: All three authors contributed equally to designing and conducting the study, analyzing the data, and writing this article. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for submission and agree to be accountable for the work.
: This study adhered to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee at the Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau.
: Written consent to participate in this study was not considered necessary as all data were collected retrospectively from routine admission data and were anonymized; however, the authors did check the patients’ medical records to ensure that there was no written objection to the use of this information.