1. Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei
2. Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei
3. Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan
4. Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan
5. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung
6. School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung
7. Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and Section of Critical Care and Respiratory Therapy, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung
8. Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung
9. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung
10. Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
11. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei
12. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung
13. Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi
14. Center for Quality Management, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung
15. Office of Medical Administration, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung
16. Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217
17. Cancer Progression Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei