Article History
Received: 13 December 2021
Accepted: 11 August 2022
First Online: 12 September 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ain Shams University Pediatric Department Council (approval number 22441).
: A verbal informed consent for participation was obtained from the parents of patients immediately before they were discharged from the PICU and from the parents or guardians of the healthy control subjects.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.