About the Authors

Gee-Chen Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine and Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Chest Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Jin-Yuan Shih

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chong-Jen Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Heng-Sheng Chao

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Ta Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chien-Chung Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jen-Yu Hung

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sheng-Yen Hsiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan

Chin-Chou Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Feng Chian

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Te-Chun Hsia

Contributed equally to this work with: Heng-Sheng Chao, Cheng-Ta Yang, Chien-Chung Lin, Jen-Yu Hung, Sheng-Yen Hsiao, Chin-Chou Wang, Chih-Feng Chian, Te-Chun Hsia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Therapy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yuh-Min Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

ymchen@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.