About the Authors

Jan Rossaint

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Christian Berger

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Hugo Van Aken

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Hans H. Scheld

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Peter K. Zahn

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Palliative Care Medicine and Pain Management, University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Andreas Rukosujew

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Alexander Zarbock

zarbock@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKZ AZ. Performed the experiments: JR CB. Analyzed the data: JR CB AZ. Wrote the paper: JR AZ. Equally contributed to this work and share first authorship: JR CB. Equally contributed to this work and share senior authorship: AR AZ. Revised the manuscript: HVA HHS PKZ.