About the Authors

Chih-Cheng Hsieh

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Cong-Tat Cia

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jen-Chieh Lee

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Junne-Ming Sung

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Nan-Yao Lee

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Po-Lin Chen

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Te-Hui Kuo

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department and Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jo-Yen Chao

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Wen-Chien Ko

winston3415@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CCH JMS WCK. Data curation: CCH CTC JCL NYL. Formal analysis: CCH THK. Investigation: CCH JCL PLC THK. Methodology: CCH WCK. Project administration: JMS WCK. Resources: CCH CTC. Supervision: WCK. Writing – original draft: CCH. Writing – review & editing: CCH CTC JYC WCK.