Kojima, Kensuke
Imai, Saki
Samejima, Hironobu
Fujiwara, Ayako
Tokunaga, Toshiteru
Yoon, Hyungeun
Okishio, Kyoichi
Article History
Received: 1 July 2022
Accepted: 10 October 2022
First Online: 15 October 2022
Declarations
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: This retrospective cohort study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center (KCMC) (Approval number: 2020–067) and carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Institutional Review Board of KCMC waived the requirement for informed consent from all research participants due to the retrospective and anonymous nature of this study. Information about opting out of the study was provided on the homepage of KCMC.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest to in association with the present study.