aChest Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
bDivision of Infection, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
cDepartment of Respiratory Therapy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
dEmergency Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
eInstitute of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
fNational Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
*Correspondence to: Dr. Reury-Perng Perng, Chest Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: [email protected]
Received: May 21, 2004 • Accepted: September 7, 2004