About the Authors

Akihiro Asai

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shriners Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nita Sahani

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shriners Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Masao Kaneki

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shriners Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yasuyoshi Ouchi

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

J. A. Jeevendra Martyn

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shriners Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shingo Egusa Yasuhara

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shingo_yasuhara@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shriners Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY. Performed the experiments: SY AA. Analyzed the data: SY AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY NS MK YO JM. Wrote the paper: SY. Other: Financial support: JM. Principal investigator: SY.