The contribution of estimated dead space fraction to mortality prediction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—a new proposal

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Introduction

Methods

Study design

Study population

Statistical analysis

Results

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Strobe checklist.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17081/supp-2

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Ming-Lung Chuang conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Yu Hsun Wang performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

I-Feng Lin performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (CS2-21018).

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplemental File.

Funding

This study received grants from Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (CSH-2021-C-041). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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