Moghaddam, Omid Moradi
Emam, Masoumeh Hosseinzadeh
Irandoost, Pardis
Hejazi, Mahdi
Iraji, Zeinab
Yazdanpanah, Leila
Mirhosseini, Seyedeh Farnaz
Mollajan, Abolfazl
Lahiji, Mohammad Niakan
Article History
Received: 1 October 2023
Accepted: 15 April 2024
First Online: 9 May 2024
Declarations
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: Iran University of Medical Sciences research ethics committee consented to all study procedures. The Helsinki Declaration principles were adhered to in their entirety. After thoroughly explaining the study’s objectives, informed consent was obtained from all subjects or legal guardians (in the case of patients with higher consciousness, we obtained the informed consent from the patients themselves and for the patients with low consciousness and in a critical situation in the ICU, we had to obtain informed consent from the legal guardians). This prospective cohort study complied with the Helsinki Declaration and was approved by the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1400.466).
: All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.