Martins, Sílvia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0571-0250
António, Natália https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-4353
Rodrigues, Ricardo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2073-4576
Carvalheiro, Tiago https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3187-2288
Tomaz, Cândida https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0927-2331
Gonçalves, Lino https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-3064
Paiva, Artur https://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.