Martins, Sílvia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0571-0250
António, Natália http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-4353
Rodrigues, Ricardo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2073-4576
Carvalheiro, Tiago http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3187-2288
Tomaz, Cândida http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0927-2331
Gonçalves, Lino http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-3064
Paiva, Artur http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-5859
Article History
Received: 21 July 2023
Accepted: 22 October 2023
First Online: 15 November 2023
Declarations
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: The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by Ethics Committee of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, with approval number: HUC-14–10 (Coimbra University Hospitals (2010)). All the studied patients gave and signed the informed consent.Observational and prospective study with no trial registration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.