We would like to thank all the staff of the Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Wahidin Sudirohusodo General Hospital, and Hasanuddin University Medical Research Unit (HUM-RC) for their cooperation during the course of this research.
Author contributions
NMW: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. AS: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. HAP: Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. HI, NL, and BN: Investigation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
This study received ethical clearance from Hasanuddin University Faculty of Medicine Ethics Commission (No.692/UN.4.6.4.5.31/PP36/2023).
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