Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023; 11(1): e2

OR I G I N A L RE S E A RC H

A Clinical Score for Predicting the Paroxysmal Supraven-
tricular Tachycardia’s Recurrence Risk; a Retrospective
Cross-sectional Study
Chaiyaporn Yuksen1, Welawat Tienpratarn1∗, Rungrawin Promkul1, Chetsadakon Jenpanitpong1, Sorawich
Watcharakitpaisan1, Jenjira Yaithet2, Viruji Phonphom1

1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

2. Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 111 Moo 14, Bang Pla, Bang Phli,
Samut Prakarn 10540, Thailand.

Received: October 2022; Accepted: December 2022; Published online: 1 January 2023

Abstract: Introduction: Identifying prognostic variables associated with the probability of recurrent paroxysmal
supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) would aid decision-making regarding disposition of the patients. This
study aims to develop a clinical scoring system to predict PSVT recurrence after adenosine administration in
the emergency department (ED). Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on patients
who were referred to the emergency department of Ramathibodi Hospital, a university-affiliated super-tertiary
care hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, with diagnosis of PSVT during a 10-year period from 01 January 2010 un-
til 31 December 2020. The cases were divided into recurrent and non-recurrent PSVT based on the response
to standard treatment and the independent predictors of recurrence were studied using multivariable logistic
regression analysis. Results: 264 patients were diagnosed with PSVT and successfully converted by adenosine.
24 (9.1%) had recurrent PSVT, and 240 (90.9%) had no recurrent PSVT in the same ED visit. The risk of PSVT
recurrence in ED corresponded with the history of hypertension (p = 0.059), valvular heart disease (p = 0.052),
heart rate ≥ 100 (p = 0.012), and systolic blood pressure < 100 after electrocardiogram (ECG) converted to sinus
rhythm (p = 0.022) and total dose of adenosine (p = 0.002). We developed a clinical prediction score of PSVT re-
currence with an accuracy of 79.5%. A score of 0 (low risk), 1–2 (moderate risk), and > 2 (high risk) had a positive
likelihood ratio (LR+) of 0.31, 0.56 and 2.33, respectively. Conclusion: It seems that, using the PSVT recurrence
score we could screen the high-risk patients for PSVT recurrence (score>2) who need to be observed for at least
6-12 hours and receive cardiologist consultation in ED. In addition, the moderate and low-risk group (score 0-2)
need to be observed for 1 hour and can be discharged from ED.

Keywords: Tachycardia, Supraventricular; Recurrence; Emergency Service, Hospital; Adenosine; Clinical Decision Rules

Cite this article as: Yuksen C, Tienpratarn W, Promkul R, Jenpanitpong C, Watcharakitpaisan S, Yaithet J, Phonphom V. A Clinical Score for

Predicting the Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia’s Recurrence Risk; a Retrospective Cross-sectional Study. Arch Acad Emerg Med. 2023;

11(1): e2. https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v11i1.1825.

1. Introduction

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is defined as atrial and

ventricular rates exceeding 100 beats per minute (bpm) at

rest. Its mechanism involves tissue from the His bundle or

above (1, 2). SVT, which includes atrioventricular nodal reen-

∗Corresponding Author: Welawat Tienpratarn; Department of Emergency
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 270
Rama VI Road, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10400.
E-mail: pedz_welawat@hotmail.com, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-
6577-5921.

trant tachycardia (AVNRT), atrioventricular reentrant tachy-

cardia (AVRT), and atrial tachycardia (AT), is a common tach-

yarrhythmia that causes approximately 50,000 emergency

department (ED) visits annually in the United States of Amer-

ica (3).

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is a clinical

syndrome characterized by the presence of a narrow QRS

complex, regular, and tachycardic electrocardiograph with

abrupt onset and termination (1). The diagnosis and treat-

ment of PSVT are often made in the emergency department

(ED). Adenosine has been commonly used as a diagnostic

and therapeutic agent for PSVT since the 1990s (4, 5).

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According to the international guidelines for managing SVT

by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European

Society of Cardiology (ESC), adenosine is still recommended

as a first-line treatment option for subjects with hemody-

namically stable SVT (2, 6). An initial dose of 6 mg should be

administered intravenously over 1-2 seconds, then the sec-

ond dose of 12 mg can be repeated once if there is no re-

sponse within 1-2 minutes (1). Efficacy of initial and repeat

dose of adenosine on sinus rhythm conversion reported by

previous studies is approximately 90% (7).

Although adenosine yields high efficacy on sinus rhythm

conversion and nearly half of SVT patients were discharged

from the ED without clinical follow-up (3), two observational

studies revealed that the number of ED revisits due to recur-

rent PSVT was approximately 30%, with total number of re-

visits ranging from 70-90 times over three years (8, 9). Identi-

fying prognostic variables associated with the probability of

recurrent PSVT after adenosine administration would aid the

clinicians in deciding to hospitalize or discharge the patient.

This strategy may reduce ED overcrowding, unnecessary re-

source utilization, and complications related to unsuitable

management (9, 10).

Previous studies have found that older patients, those with

diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, or illicit drug use, and

those with heart rates more than 200 bpm before treatment

have a higher probability of PSVT recurrence after adeno-

sine administration (8, 9, 11, 12). However, there have been

no prediction tools to assess the probability of recurrent

PSVT. Immediately discharging the patient after a successful

conversion with adenosine is a challenging decision for the

emergency physicians. There is no clinical prediction score

to predict the recurrence of PSVT after a successful conver-

sion with adenosine and facilitating judgment regarding pa-

tient disposition. In groups with low risk of recurrence, we

hypothesized that we could immediately discharge the pa-

tient from ED. This study aims to develop a clinical scoring

to predict PSVT recurrence after adenosine administration in

the ED.

2. Methods

2.1. Study design and settings

This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on

patients who were referred to the emergency department of

Ramathibodi Hospital, a university-affiliated super-tertiary

care hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, with diagnosis of PSVT

during a 10-year period from 01 January 2010 until 31 De-

cember 2020. The cases were divided into recurrent and non-

recurrent PSVT based on the response to standard treatment

and the independent predictors of recurrence were studied

using multivariate analysis. This study was approved by the

Faculty of Medicine, Committee on Human Rights Related to

Research Involving Human Subjects, Ramathibodi Hospital,

Mahidol University (COA. NO MURA2021/463). The ethics

committee waived obtaining consent for this research as the

patients’ medical records were used for data gathering, and a

statement covering patient data confidentiality and compli-

ance with the Declaration of Helsinki was provided.

2.2. Participants

Patients with the final diagnosis of supraventricular tachy-

cardia (based on ICD-10 I -471 definition) in the hospital

database and Emergency Medical Record (EMR) were in-

cluded. Patients were included if they were aged >15 years,

visited the emergency department with the diagnosis of

PSVT, and converted with adenosine in ED. The exclusion cri-

teria were PSVT not responding to adenosine or patients hav-

ing a concurrent medical disease requiring admission.

2.3. Data gathering

The study variables were recorded for all eligible patients, in-

cluding the baseline characteristics and potential prognostic

factors for recurrent PSVT. Clinical variables included gen-

der, age, vital signs (heart rate, systolic blood pressure be-

fore receiving adenosine and after conversion to normal si-

nus rhythm), underlying diseases (history of hypertension,

diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, congestive heart

failure, dyslipidemia, and cardiac arrhythmia), clinical symp-

toms (chest pain, syncope, and palpitations), tobacco use,

Illicit drug use, previous treatment with the antiarrhythmic

agent, the dose of adenosine used for treatment, and time to

recurrence in the same visit. Recurrent PSVT was defined as

the new onset of PSVT after being successfully converted to

normal sinus rhythm using adenosine in the same ED visit.

2.4. Outcome measures

The outcome of interest was that PSVT failed to respond to

adenosine in the first, second, or third dose of adenosine in

ED. We defined “the recurrence group” as the patients whose

transient response to adenosine and return to normal sinus

rhythm on electrocardiogram was converted to PSVT during

the same ED visit. The non-recurrence group includes the

patients who responded to adenosine in the first, second, or

third dose, and electrocardiogram did not convert to PSVT in

the same visit to ED.

2.5. PSVT management

All PSVT patients received 6 mg of adenosine using a dou-

ble syringe technique (bolus adenosine via a large peripheral

vein immediately followed by 10 mL of saline flush) during

electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring. If the ECG converted

to normal sinus rhythm, the patient was sent for 6-12 hours

of observation with laboratory blood testing in an observa-

tional area in ED. Otherwise, the PSVT patient who did not

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respond to the first dose of adenosine (within 10 seconds) re-

ceived the second dose of 12 mg. If the ECG converted to

normal sinus rhythm, the patient was sent for 6-12 hours of

observation with laboratory blood testing in an observational

area in ED.

Furthermore, the PSVT patient who did not respond to the

second dose of 12 mg adenosine (within 10 seconds) received

the third dose of 12 mg. If the ECG converted to normal sinus

rhythm, the patient was sent for 6-12 hours of observation

with laboratory blood testing in an observational area in ED.

The patients who did not respond to a total of three doses

of adenosine were sent to cardiologist consultation and were

not included in our study.

After 6-12 hours of observation, the patients who did not

have a recurrence of PSVT were discharged and given an ap-

pointment for radiofrequency catheter ablation with the car-

diologist. The patients who had recurrent PSVT during the

observation received cardiologist consultation for in-patient

care.

2.6. Statistical analysis

We used STATA version 16.0 (StataCorp, College Station, TX,

USA) to calculate the sample size. A pilot study was per-

formed to determine the rates of recurrent PSVT and non-

recurrent PSVT. The assumptions were as follows: alpha =

0.05 (two-sided test), power of sample size = 0.8, and the ratio

of sample size was 1:10. The sample size of 180 was obtained

in the non-recurrent PSVT group, and the sample size of 18

was calculated for the recurrent PSVT group.

The data were analyzed using STATA version 16.0. The con-

tinuous data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or

median (interquartile range), and categorical data are pre-

sented as frequency (%). All study variables were compared

between recurrent and non-recurrent PSVT using the exact

probability test for categorical variables and the t-test for

continuous variables. We used the univariable logistic regres-

sion to discriminate variables corresponding to recurrence of

PSVT and reported the results using P-value, the area under

the receiver operating characteristic curve (AuROC), and 95%

confidence interval (CI).

Clinical predictors with high discriminative performance,

statistical significance, and clinical relevance were analyzed

using multivariable logistic regression and reported with

odds ratios. The coefficients for each level of clinical predic-

tor were divided by the smallest coefficient of the model and

rounded to the nearest 0.5, resulting in an item risk score.

The coefficients were changed into item scores and added to-

gether resulting in a single score, and patients were classified

into low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups according to this

score and results were presented as positive likelihood ratio,

95% CI, and p-value.

Discrimination of the prediction scores was presented as Au-

ROC and 95% CI. Calibration of the prediction was tested

using Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test. The score-

predicted risk of recurrent PSVT and the observed risk were

then compared in a graph.

3. Results

3.1. Baseline characteristics of studied cases

264 patients diagnosed with PSVT who underwent treatment

with adenosine in ED were enrolled in the study. 24 (9.1%)

had recurrent PSVT in the same ED visit. Based on the uni-

variable logistic regression analysis, history of hypertension

(AuROC= 59%, 95%CI: 49% - 70%, p = 0.059), history of valvu-

lar heart disease (AuROC= 55%, 95%CI: 48% - 62%, p = 0.052),

heart rate ≥ 100 after ECG converted to sinus rhythm (Au-
ROC= 63%, 95%CI: 53% - 74%, p = 0.012), systolic blood pres-

sure < 100 after ECG converted to sinus rhythm (AuROC=

57%, 95%CI: 49% - 64%, p = 0.022), and need for full dose

of adenosine (AuROC= 67%, 95%CI: 56%- 78%, p = 0.002) had

high discriminative performance (AuROC) and were signif-

icantly and clinically associated with recurrent PSVT (Table

1).

3.2. Multivariable logistic regression analysis

Multivariable logistic regression analysis included the five

prognostic factors form table 1 to predict recurrence of PSVT

in ED (Table 2). Based on multivariable logistic regression

analysis, history of hypertension (OR=2.36, 95% CI: 0.92 -

6.05, p=0.074), history of valvular heart disease (OR=4.62,

95% CI: 0.97 - 22.03, p=0.055), heart rate ≥ 100 after ECG
converted to sinus rhythm (OR=3.68, 95% CI: 1.44 - 9.35,

p=0.006), systolic blood pressure < 100 after ECG converted

to sinus rhythm (OR=4.73, 95% CI: 1.08 - 20.85, p=0.040) and

need for full dose of adenosine (2n d dose of 12 mg adeno-

sine OR=3.66, 95% CI: 1.24 - 10.80, p=0.019 and 3r d dose of

12 mg adenosine OR=3.65, 95% CI: 1.11 - 12.04, p=0.034) were

independent predictors of PSVT recurrence. The AuROC was

79.5% (95% CI: 64.5%- 85.5%) for the ability of the clinical risk

score to predict recurrent PSVT (Figure 1).

3.3. Designing a predictive model

The coefficients for each level of clinical predictor were di-

vided by the smallest coefficient of the model and rounded

to the nearest 0.5, resulting in an item risk score, with scores

ranging from 0 to 2 (Table 2). Figure 2 shows the distribution

plot of the score in predicting recurrent PSVT and the calibra-

tion of the prediction model using the Hosmer–Lemeshow

goodness-of-fit test. The score-predicted risk of recurrent

PSVT and the observed risk were then compared in a graph.

The score-predicted risk increased in close association with

the observed risk.

Finally, the risk scores were categorized into three groups:

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Table 1: Comparing the baseline characteristics of studied cases between patients with and without recurrent paroxysmal supraventricular

tachycardia (PSVT)

Variable Recurrent PSVT P AUC 95%CI
Yes (n = 24) No (n = 240)

Gender
Female 13 (54.2) 162 (67.5) 0.138 0.43 0.33 - 0.54
Age (year)
Mean ± SD 56.7 ± 17.2 52.3 ± 16.7 0.215 0.59 0.47 - 0.72
BMI
Mean ± SD 23.52 ± 5.00 24.72 ± 6.39 0.372 0.44 0.30 – 0.58
Vital signs (baseline)
HR (/minute) 181.4 ± 19.7 176.9 ± 21.2 0.319 0.57 0.46 - 0.69
SBP (mmHg) 131.6 ± 27.7 124.9 ± 22.1 0.165 0.56 0.43 - 0.70
Vital signs (after conversion)
HR (/minute) 103.6 ± 14.2 93.6 ± 14.8 0.002 0.69 0.57 - 0.80
HR ≥ 100 (/min) 15 (62.5) 87 (36.3) 0.012 0.63 0.53 - 0.74
SBP (mmHg) 131.9 ± 24.1 127.1 ± 20.7 0.291 0.57 0.43 - 0.71
SBP < 100 mmHg 20 (83.3) 231 (96.3) 0.022 0.57 0.49 - 0.64
Underlying disease
HT 12 (50.0) 76 (31.67) 0.059 0.59 0.49 - 0.70
DM 7 (29.17) 47 (19.58) 0.196 0.55 0.45 - 0.64
SVT 12 (50.0) 109 (45.42) 0.413 0.52 0.42 - 0.63
CAD 2 (8.33) 20 (8.33) 0.618 0.50 0.44 - 0.56
Paroxysmal AF 2 (8.33) 8 (3.33) 0.228 0.53 0.47 - 0.58
History of VHD 3 (12.5) 7 (2.92) 0.052 0.55 0.48 - 0.62
Thyroid disease 3 (12.5) 14 (5.83) 0.192 0.53 0.46 - 0.60
CHF 0 (0.0) 1 (0.42) 0.909 0.50 0.49 - 0.50
Antiarrhythmic drug 13 (54.17) 86 (35.83) 0.063 0.60 0.49 - 0.70
Chest pain 1 (4.17) 29 (12.08) 0.211 0.46 0.42 - 0.51
Syncope 2 (8.33) 17 (7.08) 0.534 0.51 0.45 - 0.57
Palpitations 23 (95.83) 230 (95.83) 0.657 0.50 0.46 - 0.54
SVT ablation 4 (16.67) 20 (8.33) 0.160 0.54 0.46 - 0.62
Adenosine
1s t dose 10 (41.67) 181 (75.42)

2n d dose 8 (33.33) 35 (14.58) 0.002 0.67 0.56 - 0.78

3r d dose 6 (25.00) 24 (10.00)
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or frequency (%). AUC: area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC)
curve as discrimination power; CI: confidence interval. HR: heart rate; SBP: systolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index;
HT: hypertension; VHD: valvular heart disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; SVT: supraventricular tachycardia; CAD: coronary artery disease;
AF: atrial fibrillation; CHF: congestive heart failure.

score =0 (low risk), score 1–2 (moderate risk), and score >2

(high risk). The mean score of patients with recurrent PSVT

was significantly higher (2.90 ± 1.58 vs. 1.26 ± 1.18; p <

0.001). The positive likelihood ratio of recurrent PSVT in low-,

moderate-, and high-risk cases for recurrence were 0.31, 0.56,

and 2.53, respectively (Table 3).

4. Discussion

This study demonstrated that the independent predictive

factors of recurrent PSVT were history of hypertension (1

point), history of valvular heart disease (2 points), heart rate

≥ 100 after conversion to sinus rhythm (1.5 points), systolic
blood pressure < 100 after conversion to sinus rhythm (2

points), and second or third dose of adenosine (1.5 points).

The PSVT patient was categorized as high-risk (score>2), with

a positive likelihood ratio of recurrent PSVT in the same ED

visit of 2.33. There is a high risk of PSVT recurrence in ED.

More than half of patients in this group (53%) had recurrence

within 1 hour, and 47% had recurrence within 2-19 hours.

These patients need to be admitted and remain under ob-

servation for at least 6-12 hours and receive cardiologist con-

sultation for radiofrequency catheter ablation consideration

during the same visit due to PSVT presentation.

The PSVT patient was categorized as low-risk (score =0) and

moderate-risk (score 1-2) with a positive likelihood ratio of

recurrent PSVT of 0.31 and 0.56, respectively. (Only two pa-

tients were in the low-risk group and five in the moderate-

risk group). These groups of patients must remain under

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Table 2: The independent predictors of recurrent paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) and the assigned item score based on

multivariable logistic regression

Predictors Adjusted OR 95%CI p-value Coefficient* Score
History of HT
No 1.00 reference - - 0
Yes 2.36 0.92 – 6.05 0.074 0.86 1
History of VHD
No 1.00 reference - - 0
Yes 4.62 0.97 – 22.03 0.055 1.53 2
HR ≥ 100 (mmHg)#
No 1.00 reference - - 0
Yes 3.68 1.44 – 9.35 0.006 1.30 1.5
SBP < 100 (mmHg)#
No 1.00 reference - - 0
Yes 4.73 1.08 – 20.85 0.040 1.55 2
Adenosine dose
1s t 1.0 reference - - 0

2n d 3.66 1.24 – 10.80 0.019 1.30 1.5

3r d 3.65 1.11 - 12.04 0.034 1.30 1.5
# After conversion to sinus rhythm; * Coefficients from multivariable logistic regression. OR: odds ratio;
VHD: valvular heart disease; HT: hypertension; HR: heart rate; SBP: systolic blood pressure; CI: confidence interval.

Table 3: Likelihood of recurrent paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) in different probability categories based on the scores of the

designed prediction scoring system

Probability categories Score Recurrent PSVT LR+ 95%CI P
Yes (n = 24) No (n = 240)

Low 0 2 (8.4) 80 (33.3) 0.31 0.08 – 1.18 0.031
Moderate 1-2 5 (20.8) 108 (45.0) 0.56 0.25 - 1.25 0.085
High > 2 17 (70.8) 52 (21.7) 2.33 1.50 - 3.61 0.001
Data are presented as frequency (%).LR+: positive likelihood ratio; CI: confidence interval.

Figure 1: The area under the receiver operating characteristic

(ROC) curve of the designed clinical risk score in predicting the risk

of recurrent paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT).

observation in ED for at least 1 hour, be considered for dis-

charge, and make an appointment with the cardiologist for

follow-up.

Patients categorized as low- and moderate-risk can be dis-

charged from ED. In this study, 90.9 % of PSVT cases could

be discharged after 1-hour observation in ED. It is in concor-

dance with the study of Luber et al., which showed that 71%

of patients were discharged from the ED (11). Sawhney et al.

showed that only 34% of patients had specialist referrals (13).

The study of Honarbakhsh et al. showed that paramedics

could successfully treat PSVT (81%) in the prehospital setting

and reduce healthcare costs for transfer to ED (discharge at

the prehospital setting) without compromising patient care

(14).

The treatment of choice for PSVT is slow pathway modifica-

tion (SPM). In this study, the success rate of adenosine ad-

ministration was 100%. A study by Wegner et al. showed

around 95% success using adenosine (15).

The prognostic factors’ effect on the recurrence of PSVT in

this study is concordant with the study of Piyanuttapull et

al. about the recurrence of PSVT within 90 days, low systolic

blood pressure (SBP < 90 mmHg) and valvular heart disease

were associated with recurrence of PSVT (8). In this study, we

also found that heart rate ≥ 100 and systolic blood pressure

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Figure 2: Distribution plot of recurrent paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) based on the designed scoring system and the cali-

bration curve of the prediction model using the Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test.

< 100 after ECG converted to sinus rhythm and the total dose

of adenosine were associated with recurrence of PSVT. There

is no result about this prognostic factor in other studies.

In the low- and moderate-risk groups for PSVT recurrence,

the emergency physician can discharge the patient after 1

hour of observation in ED instead of 6-12 hours following the

old Ramathibodi PSVT protocol. The new protocol can re-

duce ED overcrowding, resource utilization in ED, and over-

all healthcare costs in ED. The study by Thomas A. Dewland

et al. showed that PSVT patients treated with catheter ab-

lation had a significantly lower PSVT recurrence rate in ED

(HR= 0.25, 95% CI: 0.10-0.62, p = 0.003) (9). The new proto-

col should include cardiologist consultation for catheter ab-

lation to reduce ED revisit.

The strength of our model is predicting PSVT recurrence in

the same ED visit for selecting the patients requiring dispo-

sition. The other existing model focuses on the recurrence of

PSVT within 90 days and not the same ED visit.

5. Limitation

This study has some limitations. First, this was a retrospec-

tive study. There is reviewer bias in reviewing the data of

emergency medical records. Some missing data affected the

accuracy of the study. Second is the limitation in the number

of patients in the recurrent group (n=24). It is a small sample

size but enough to have statistically significant power. Third,

this study was conducted in Ramathibodi hospital, and inter-

nally validated within the same dataset. External validation

with different datasets may be required for the next project.

6. Conclusion

It seems that, using the PSVT recurrence score we could

screen the high-risk patients for PSVT recurrence (score>2)

who need to be observed for at least 6-12 hours and receive

cardiologist consultation in ED. In addition, the moderate-

and low-risk groups (score 0-2) need to be observed for 1

hour and can be discharged from ED.

7. Declarations

7.1. Acknowledgments

Not applicable.

7.2. Funding Source

No funding was obtained for this study.

7.3. Authors’ contribution

All authors made a significant contribution to the work re-

ported, whether that is in the conception, study design, ex-

ecution, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation, or

in all these areas; took part in drafting, revising or critically

reviewing the article; gave final approval of the version to be

published; have agreed on the journal to which the article has

been submitted; and agree to be accountable for all aspects

of the work.

7.4. Ethical considerations

This study was approved by the Faculty of Medicine, Com-

mittee on Human Rights Related to Research Involving Hu-

man Subjects, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

(COA. MURA2021/463). The ethics committee did not re-

quire consent for this research because medical records were

reviewed and a statement covering patient data confidential-

ity and compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki was pro-

vided.

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7.5. Availability of data and material

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study

are available from the corresponding author on reasonable

request.

7.6. Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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