1. Department of Internal Medicine, Shibata Hospital-Niigata Prefectural Hospital, Japan
2. Department of Molecular and Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan
3. Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan
4. The First Department of of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
5. Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Japan
6. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Japan
7. Emergency Critical Care Center, Mie University Hospital, Japan
8. Division of Blood Transfusion, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan