About the Authors

Stefanie Niederlechner

Stefanie.Niederlechner@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jelena Klawitter

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Christine Baird

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Alyssa R. Kallweit

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Uwe Christians

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Paul E. Wischmeyer

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN. Performed the experiments: SN JK AK. Analyzed the data: SN CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UC PW. Wrote the paper: SN.