About the Authors

Chao-Shun Lin

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Chuan Shih

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Chieh Yeh

Affiliations Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Chaur-Jong Hu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Chi-Li Chung

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ta-Liang Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Ta-Liang Chen, Chien-Chang Liao

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Chang Liao

Contributed equally to this work with: Ta-Liang Chen, Chien-Chang Liao

ccliao@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, Shuan Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CSL CCS CCY CJH CLC TLC CCL. Data curation: CCS TLC CCL. Formal analysis: CCL. Funding acquisition: CSL CCS TLC CCL. Investigation: CSL CCS CCY CJH CLC TLC CCL. Methodology: CSL CCL. Project administration: CCS TLC CCL. Resources: CSL CCS CCY CJH CLC TLC CCL. Software: CCS TLC CCL. Supervision: CCS TLC CCL. Validation: CSL CCS CCY CJH CLC TLC CCL. Visualization: CSL CCS CCY CJH CLC TLC CCL. Writing – original draft: CSL CCL. Writing – review & editing: CSL CCS CCY CJH CLC TLC CCL.