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Article History

Received: 13 December 2019

Accepted: 16 April 2020

First Online: 26 April 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This work is in line with the recommendations for biomedical research of the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association and is based on the regulations set forth in Resolution No. 008430 of 1993 (October 4, 1993) of the Colombian Ministry of Health, which establishes the academic, technical, and administrative standards for health research. According to article 11 of Resolution 8430 of 1993 of the Ministry of Health, which establishes the scientific, technical, and administrative standards for health research, this research is classified as risk-free research because it uses documentary research techniques and retrospective methods and there is no intervention or intentional modification of the biological, physiological, psychological, or social variables of individuals participating in the study.The use of this information was approved and evaluated by the Research Technician of Méderi Major University Hospital (<i>Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi</i>) and the Ethics Committee of Del Rosario University (<i>Universidad del Rosario</i>) (DVO005 1068-CV1177).

: Each patient or legal representative signed a general institutional informed consent form upon admission to the intensive care unit of Méderi Major University Hospital (<i>Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi</i>) in which he/she expresses his/her will to allow the use of clinical history data, diagnostic images, photographs and the publication of this information for academic purposes. It is specified in this consent that all information that can identify or correlate to the person will be anonymized to guarantee their confidentiality.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.