Ribeiro, Carla
Jácome, Cristina
Castro, Luísa
Conde, Sara
Windisch, Wolfram
Nunes, Rui
Article History
Received: 26 August 2022
Accepted: 11 November 2022
First Online: 22 November 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Hospital Ethics Committee (Ref 92/2015 and 163/2020) and written consent was obtained from all included patients. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations (Declaration of Helsinki).
: Not applicable
: The authors confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome. However, the authors still disclose any potential conflicts of interest. CR reports expert speaking fees and non-financial support from Vitalaire and non-financial support from Novartis and Nippon Gases, all outside the submitted work. SC reports non-financial support from Vitalaire, outside the submitted work. WW reports personal speaking fees from Löwenstein Medical and Sentec, an open grant to the Hospital from Löwenstein Medical, outside the submitted work. CJ, LC and RN declare that they have no competing interests.