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1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Electric Power Hospital, Beijing 100073, China 2 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China 3 Department of Spinal and Neural Functional Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 10006a8, China 4 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, China 5 Department of Cardiac Function Tests, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, China Received: 12 September 2019 Accepted: 19 October 2019 *Correspondence to: Xiu-Ming Xi Department of Critical Care Medicine, Fuxing Hospital, Capital Medical University, No.20, Fuxingmenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100038, China. Tel.: +86-010-13801244610; Fax: +86-1088062043; Email: xixiuming2016@163.com