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Article History

Received: 15 June 2021

Accepted: 24 November 2021

First Online: 7 December 2021

Declarations

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: The study was performed under the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its subsequent amendments. The Institutional Review Board of the University of Udine approved the study protocol on February 10th, 2021 (Prot. n. 006/2021). Patients’ informed consent has been gained according to the Italian law about retrospective studies (“Decreto Legislativo” n. 211/2003 with subsequent modifications and general authorization for personal data managing for research purposes n. 9/2016 published in “Gazzetta Ufficiale” n. 303 on December 29th, 2016). Patients gave a generic consent to use their data for research purposes at hospital admission unless critically ill or deceased. IRB confirmed that an additional specific informed consent for the study was not necessary. Medical records were accessed by authors after IRB approval and having informed the Administrative Department.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.