Risk of Stroke and Post-Stroke Adverse Events in Patients with Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• 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

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• Chun-Chuan Shih,

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

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• 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

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• Chaur-Jong Hu,

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

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• Chi-Li Chung,

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

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• 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

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• Chien-Chang Liao

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

  * E-mail: 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

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