About the Authors

Carmen A. Pfortmueller

cpfortmueller@gmail.com

Affiliation University Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mariana Marti

Affiliation University Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mirco Kunz

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

Gregor Lindner

Affiliation University Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

Affiliation University Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP MK AE. Performed the experiments: MM CP. Analyzed the data: CP MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the paper: CP GL AE.