Eappendix 2. List of Asian Collaboration for Medical Ethics (ACME) Studyinvestigators

eAppendix 2. List of Asian Collaboration for Medical Ethics (ACME) StudyInvestigators, the Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials (ACCCT) Group

Principal Investigators

Singapore: Jason Phua, F.R.C.P. Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, National UniversityHospital, National University Health System

Hong Kong: Gavin M Joynt, F.R.C.P. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chinese University ofHong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital

Japan: Masaji Nishimura, M.D. Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tokushima GraduateSchool, Tokushima

China: Yiyun Deng, M.D. West China Hospital of Sichuan University

India: Sheila NainanMyatra, M.D. Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital,Mumbai

Singapore: YiongHuak Chan, PhD. Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National Universityof Singapore

Vietnam: Nguyen GiaBinh, M.D. Intensive Care Department, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi

Malaysia: Cheng Cheng Tan, M.B.B.S. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, SultanahAminahHospital, Johor Bahru

Bangladesh: Mohammad Omar Faruq, M.D. Department of Critical Care Medicine, BIRDEM GeneralHospital, Ibrahim Medical College, Dhaka

Saudi Arabia: YaseenArabi, M.D. King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and KingAbdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh

Indonesia: BambangWahjuprajitno, M.D. Dept. of Anesthesiology & Reanimation, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya

Taiwan: Shih-Feng Liu, M.D. Divisions of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Department of RespiratoryTherapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine,Kaohsiung

Iran: Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemian, Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, National ResearchInstitute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, MasihDaneshvari Hospital, ShahidBeheshti University of MedicalSciences, Tehran, Iran

Pakistan: WaqarKashif, M.D. Aga Khan University

Thailand: DusitStaworn, M.D. Phramongkutklao Hospital

Philippines: Jose Emmanuel M Palo, M.D. The Medical City, Pasig City

South Korea: YounsuckKoh, M.D. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan MedicalCenter, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul

Key Collaborators

Hong Kong: Charles D Gomersall, F.R.C.P. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chinese Universityof Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital

China: Bin Du, M.D. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing

India: Jigeeshu V Divatia, M.D. Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital,Mumbai

Taiwan: Mei-Lien Tu, R.R.T. Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital,Kaohsiung

Thailand: BoonsongPatjanasoontorn, M.D. Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department ofMedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khonkaen University, Khonkaen

Collaborators and Site Investigators

Bangladesh: Community Medical College & Hospital: U H ShaheraKhatun; Holy Family Red CrescentHospital: Md Abdul Mannan; Square Hospital: MirzaNazimUddin; Central Hospital: RaghibManzoor; UnitedHospital: Mohammad Maniruzzaman; BIRDEM General Hospital: ASM AreefAhsan, KanizFatema, FatemaAhmed; Square Hospital: ARM Nooruzzaman; Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research: AsifMujtaba Mahmud; Anwar Khan Modern Hospital: SM HossainShahid; Uttara Crescent Hospital: RownakJahanTamanna; National Institute of Chest Diseases and Hospital: MdSayedul Islam; Chittagong MedicalCollege Hospital: AKM ShamsulAlam; Medical College for Women and Hospital: Abdul Karim; IbnSinaHospital, Sylhet: Mohammad Rashed Mahmud; Ctg Metropolitan Hospital: RashedChowdhury; Lab AidHospital: Mohammad Faruk; Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute: MdRezaulKarim; RenaissanceHospital: SarwarIqbal: BSM Medical University: Qumrul Huda

China: Peking Union Hospital: Bin Du; The Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Dongnan University: HaiboQiu;The 10th Affiliated Hospital of Tongji University: Xiangyu Zhang; Sichuan People‘s Hospital: Yun Dong; TheAffiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College: Yong Wan; The Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou MedicalCollege: CihaiGan; Deyang People‘s Hospital: Yawei Zhang; The Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University ofTraditional Chinese Medicine: PeiyangGao; Chengdu contagious hospital: Hong Chen; Mianyang CentralHospital: Chao Jia; The 2nd Neijiang People‘s Hospital: Xianhua Xiao; Meishan People‘s Hospital: Nutao Xiang;The 4th Zigong People‘s Hospital: Jingsong Li; The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University: Yushan Wang;The Affiliated Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Yaoqing Tang; Zhongnan Hospital of WuhanUniversity: Jianguo Li; The People's Hospital of Beijing University: Youzhong An; The 1st Affiliated Hospitalof Chinese Medical University: Xiaochun Ma; The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiao Tong University: XueWang; The 4th Hospital of Hebei Medical University: Zhenjie Hu; Guangdong People‘s Hospital: Tiehe Qin

Hong Kong: Caritas Medical Centre: Fu Loi Chow; KwongWah Hospital: Chi Lung Watt; North DistrictHospital: KK Wong; Pamela YoudeNethersole Eastern Hospital: Wing-Wa Yan; Prince Margaret Hospital:Tom Buckley; Queen Elizabeth Hospital: Kang Yiu Lai; Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam: Karl Young; TseungKwan O Hospital: Chi Keung Ching; United Christian Hospital: Kin-Ip Law

India: Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai: JigeeshuVasishthaDivatia; PD Hinduja National Hospital andMedical Research Centre, Mumbai: Farhad N Kapadia; Apollo Hospitals Chennai: NagarajanRamakrishnan;Fortis Hospital Noida: MrinalSircar; Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences: Pravin Amin; AmritaInstitute of Medical Sciences, Kochi: Charu Singh; Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi: Rajesh Chawla;Saket City Hospital: Raj Kumar Mani; Alchemist Hospital, Panchkula: AshwaniNayyar; Bharati Hospital &Research Centre, Pune: Jignesh Shah

Indonesia: Siloam Hospitals Lippo Village: OloanTampubolon; Dr. HasanSadikin Hospital: Tinni T. Maskoen

Iran: MasihDaneshvari Hospital: HamidrezaJamaati; ShohadaTajrish Hospital: FarahnazFallahian,BadiozamanRadpay, AlirezaZali; ShahidRajaee Hospital: Ahmad Bagheri

Japan: Hiroshima City Hospital: Keiichi Tada; Nagasaki University School of Medicine: Toshiaki Nakamura;Jikei University School of Medicine: MasamitsuSanui; Osaka University Hospital: Yuji Fujino; KagawaUniversity: GotarohShiragami; Hyogo Medical School: JojiKotani; Fukuyama City Hospital: Kohji Miyasho;Keio University: Hiroshi Morisaki; Shiga Medical School: Yutaka Eguchi; Nihon Medical School Hospital:Shinhiro Takeda; Osaka Prefecture Hospital: Shinya Nishimura; Fujita Health University: Osamu Nishida;Hiroshima University: Koichi Tanigawa; Toyonaka City Hospital: Koji Takada; Chiba University: SigetoOda;Kurashiki Central Hospital: Toshio Fukuoka; Tokai University: Toru Sawamoto; Kyoto Prefecture UniversityHospital: Satoru Hashimoto; Nagoya City University: Kazuya Sobue; Kochi Red Cross Hospital: KingoNishiyama; Okayama University: Kiyoshi Morita; Tosei Hospital: Hiroyuki Taniguchi; Asahikawa Red CrossHospital: ShinzoSumita

Malaysia: Seremban Hospital: Jenny May Geok Tong

Pakistan: Aga Khan University: MadihaHashmi, DreemaAwan

Philippines: University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila: Larry S King

Saudi Arabia: King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah InternationalMedical Research Center, Riyadh: Hasan M Al-Dorzi, Musharaf Sadat; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University forHealth Sciences, Jeddah: Fahad M Al-Hameed

Singapore: Alexandra Hospital: CheeKeat Tan; Changi General Hospital: Augustine Tee, E-Lin Ooi; NationalUniversity Hospital: Addy YH Tan; Tan Tock Seng Hospital: Yeow Chan, Benjamin Ho; KhooTeckPuatHospital: Azman Johan; Singapore General Hospital: Chai Rick Soh

South Korea: Yonsei University Medical Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine: Cheung Soo Shin;Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine: Jong Hun Jun; Chonnam NationalUniversity Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School: Sang Hyun Kwak; Samsung MedicalCenter, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine: Gee Young Suh; Asan Medical Center, University ofUlsan College of Medicine: Chae-Man Lim

Taiwan: Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine: Mei-LienTu; Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital: Shao-Ting Chou; Yuan’s General Hospital: Yu-Feng Liang; EDAHospital, Kaohsiung County: Yu-Feng Wei; Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan: Kuo-Chen Cheng

Thailand: Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital: PhornlertChatrkaw; Siriraj Hospital: ChairatPermpikul; MaharajChiangmai Hospital: ChaicharnPothirat

Vietnam: Bachmai Hospital: Dang Tuan Nguyen; General Danang Hospital: DucNhan Le