Chen, I-Chen
Kor, Chew-Teng
Lin, Ching-Hsiung
Kuo, Jane
Tsai, Jang-Zern
Ko, Wen-Je
Kuo, Cheng-Deng http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3989-1950
Funding for this research was provided by:
Veterans General Hospitals and University System of Taiwan Joint Research Program (VGHUST99-P1-09)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital-National Taiwan University Hospital Joint Research Program (96VN-010)
Article History
Received: 27 June 2017
Accepted: 20 March 2018
First Online: 2 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol has been approved by the Institutional Review Boards of National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH200808065R) and Taipei Veterans General Hospital (VGHIRB97–01-02A), and written informed consent was obtained from the next of kin of the patients before their enrollment in the study.
: All included patients or their family members signed the informed consent form to report individual patient data. All authors have confirmed the manuscript and approved the publication of the manuscript.
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