About the Authors

Jrhau Lung

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Ming-Szu Hung

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, 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

Yu-Ching Lin

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, 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

Kam-Fai Lee

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Yuan Yuan Jiang

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Shao-Lan Huang

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Yu-Hung Fang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Ming-Shian Lu

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Chin-Kuo Lin

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Tsung-Ming Yang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan

Paul Yann Lin

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan

Meng-Jer Hsieh

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ying Huang Tsai

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

chestmed@cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch, Taiwan, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.