About the Authors

Ming-Szu Hung

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Oncology, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi Campus, Chiayi, Taiwan

I-Chuan Chen

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi Campus, Chiayi, Taiwan

Chuan-Pin Lee

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chang Gung Research Datalink, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Ru-Jiun Huang

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Chang Gung Research Datalink, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Pau-Chung Chen

Affiliations Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ying-Huang Tsai

chestmed@cgmh.org.tw (YHT); r95841012@ntu.edu.tw (YHY)

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Oncology, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yao-Hsu Yang

chestmed@cgmh.org.tw (YHT); r95841012@ntu.edu.tw (YHY)

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Chang Gung Research Datalink, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MSH ICC. Data curation: MSH ICC CPL RJH YHY. Formal analysis: CPL RJH. Funding acquisition: YHY. Investigation: MSH CPL RJH YHY. Methodology: MSH ICC YHY. Project administration: PCC YHT YHY. Resources: PCC YHT YHY. Software: CPL RJH. Supervision: YHT YHY. Validation: CPL RJH PCC YHY. Visualization: MSH ICC CPL RJH PCC YHT YHY. Writing – original draft: MSH ICC YHY. Writing – review & editing: MSH ICC CPL RJH PCC YHT YHY.