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Authors
Ortiz-Prado, Esteban
Encalada, Sebastián
Mosquera, Johanna
Simbaña-Rivera, Katherine
Gomez-Barreno, Lenin
Duta, Diego
Ochoa, Israel
Izquierdo-Condoy, Juan S.
Vasconez, Eduardo
Burgos, German
Calvopiña, Manuel
Viscor, Ginés
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador
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Article History
Received: 13 September 2021
Accepted: 25 February 2022
First Online: 21 March 2022
Change Date: 16 October 2024
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03282-5
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: A full ethical approval was obtained (#MED.EOP.17.01) thought out the Universidad de las Americas bioethics committee (CEISH). All patients voluntarily signed an informed consent. For people who could not read or write, an official community translator and a family member capable of understanding what was described in the document were used to explain the entire context of the project and ensure that there were no doubts about it. To protect the identity and autonomy of patients, all personal information was coded to ensure anonymity.All methods were performed in accordance with the Declarations of Helsinki guidelines as well as the international guidelines for good scientific practice and procedure (GCP).
: Written informed consent was obtained from every patient in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
