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Andrade, José Rodrigo M.
Blomberg, Luciano Costa
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Article History
Received: 24 January 2021
Accepted: 19 November 2021
First Online: 25 March 2022
Declarations
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: Formal ethics approval has been waived.
: The need for consent has been waived. The need for ethics approval was considered unnecessary since the research did not fall under the terms of Brazilian Resolution No. 466, of December 12, 2012, of the National Health Council and of Brazilian Law No. 11794, of October 8, 2008, which regulate the Research Ethics Committee and the National Research Ethics Commission. This study was submitted to the Research Committee of the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre and registered under number 004/2019. As the data used in this study are related to the types of exams and related resources, there is no risk regarding the identification of the patients involved and, therefore, there are no implications regarding ethical issues. The authors declare that all methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
