About the Authors

Koji Tomori

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Tsutomu Inoue

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Masao Sugiyama

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Engineers, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Naoto Ohashi

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Engineers, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Hiroshi Murasugi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Engineers, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Kazuya Ohama

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Clinical Engineering, Gunma Paz University, Takasaki-shi, Gunma, Japan

Hiroaki Amano

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Yusuke Watanabe

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Hirokazu Okada

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hirookda@saitama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.