Chen, Hou-Kuang
Hsieh, Yow-Wen
Hsu, Hsing-Yu
Liu, Ting-Yuan
Zhang, Yu-Ting
Lin, Chia-Der
Tsai, Fuu-Jen
Article History
Received: 14 April 2024
Accepted: 23 May 2024
First Online: 5 June 2024
Declarations
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: This research is a retrospective cohort study based on the review of electronic medical records, which does not involve subjects and falls within the scope of exemption from informed consent. Therefore, there are no ethical considerations. Furthermore, these data were inputted into the database with the informed consent of relevant subjects, ensuring that the information is used solely for academic research purposes while maintaining de-identification and privacy protection. And the research was approved by the ethics review board of the research ethics committee of China Medical University (IRB number: CMUH111-REC1-176).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be constructed as a potential conflict of interest.