About the Authors
- Yih-Giun Cherng
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Shuang Ho Hospital, affiliated with Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chien-Chang Liao
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Tso-Hsiao Chen
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Wan Fang Medical Center, affiliated with Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Duan Xiao
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Affiliation Department of Coloproctology, the Second People’s Hospital of Shi-Fang City, Shi-Fang City, Sichuan Province, People Republic of China
- Chih-Hsiung Wu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Chih-Hsiung Wu, Ta-Liang Chen
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, affiliated with Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Ta-Liang Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Chih-Hsiung Wu, Ta-Liang Chen
* E-mail: tlc@tmu.edu.tw
Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YGC CCL TLC. Performed the experiments: CCL CHW TLC. Analyzed the data: YGC CCL THC DX CHW TLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCL DX CHW TLC. Wrote the paper: YGC TLC.