Yatsu, Shoichiro
Naito, Ryo
Kasai, Takatoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-7668
Matsumoto, Hiroki
Shitara, Jun
Shimizu, Megumi
Murata, Azusa
Kato, Takao
Suda, Shoko
Hiki, Masaru
Sai, Eiryu
Miyauchi, Katsumi
Daida, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26507010)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Respiratory Failure Research Group)
Article History
Received: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 29 March 2018
First Online: 31 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Drs. Takatoshi Kasai, Shoko Suda, and Hiroki Matsumoto are affiliated with a department endowed by Philips Respironics, ResMed, Teijin Home Healthcare, and Fukuda Denshi. K. Miyauchi received manuscript fees, research funds, and scholarship funds from Amgen, Astellas Pharma Inc, MSD, Bayer Health Care, Sanofi, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Dai-ichi Sankyo Company, Boehringer-ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb. H. Daida received manuscript fees, research funds, and scholarship funds from Kirin Co., Ltd., Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Abbott Japan Co., Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc, Astrazeneca K.K., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd, Boston Scientific Japan K.K., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo Company, MSD K.K., Pfizer Inc., Philips Respironics, Sanofi K.K., and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.
: The sponsor had no role in the design of the study, the collection and analysis of the data, or the preparation of the manuscript.