Alí-Munive, Abraham
Leidy, Prada
Proaños, Nadia Juliana
Pedrozo-Pupo, John
Giraldo, Angela
Cano, Diana
Diaz-Bossa, Claudia
Mosquera, Ricardo
Paul, Hector
Gonzalez-García, Mauricio
Aguirre-Franco, Carlos
López-Campos, José Luis
Casas-Herrera, Alejandro
Article History
Received: 14 February 2023
Accepted: 26 April 2023
First Online: 4 May 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the research ethics committee of the Colombian Respiratory Medicine Foundation (Fundación Neumológica Colombiana), as stated in minute 257 of 18 August 2020. This research was carried out in accordance with the guideline for Good Clinical Practice, under the guidelines established in the Declaration of Helsinki and according to resolution No. 008430 of 1993, which sets out the scientific, technical and administrative standards for health research in Colombia. The patients authorised their participation in the study by giving their written informed consent. Participant confidentiality was maintained by replacing their names with numerical codes assigned solely for the purposes of the study. The database was anonymised and there were no data that might enable patient identification, to guarantee their confidentiality. Additionally, biological samples were rendered anonymous with a consecutive code.
: Not Applicable.
: The sponsor did not participate in the design, data collection, or data analysis of this study. All authors declare that they have no other conflict of interest.