Guo, Qi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7684-4072
Song, Wei-dong
Li, Hai-yan
Li, Ming
Chen, Xiao-ke
Liu, Hui
Peng, Hong-lin
Yu, Hai-qiong
Liu, Nian
Lü, Zhong-dong
Liang, Li-hua
Zhao, Qing-zhou
Jiang, Mei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Science and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. A2010553)
Science and Technology Planning Project of Shenzhen Municipality (No. 201102078)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2020
Accepted: 14 July 2020
First Online: 20 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by our Institutional Review Boards (Review Board of Sun Yat-sen University and Review Board of Peking University, No. 20143157 and No. 20142943, respectively). The procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration (1964, amended most recently in 2008). Ethical approval from the regulation committee (Ethical Committee of Shenzhen) was granted for the study protocol. Written informed consent (except that from the patients with confusion) was obtained from the patient prior to enrollment. They were informed the content of the study on admission and then signed the documents if they agreed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.