Simão, Bárbara Lemos Pereira https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4384-6903
Pereira, Carolina Moura https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3636-0414
Jácome, Mariana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-1990
Oliveira, Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9367-7533
Ferreira, Laura Martins https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3445-0885
Paiva, José Miguel https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9267-6901
Braga, Carlos https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1180-9889
Cardoso, Carlos Seiça https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9214-6995
Article History
Received: 25 April 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 22 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was waived by Ethics Committee of the Regional Health Administration of the Centre– Portugal (reference code: 130/2023).Authorization was requested from the healthcare units involved in the study, through their respective unit coordinators. As the data was accessed by physicians affiliated with each unit and the information provided to the investigators was anonymized, informed consent from the patients to whom the records belonged was not obtained.The study was submitted to the ethics committee for opinion and received approval from Ethics Committee of the Regional Health Administration of the Centre– Portugal (reference code: 130/2023).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.