About the Authors

Andrew P. Bacon

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Rickey E. Carter

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Eric A. Ogle

Affiliation Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Michael J. Joyner

joyner.michael@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJJ. Performed the experiments: APB REC EAO MJJ. Analyzed the data: APB REC EAO MJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APB REC EAO MJJ. Wrote the paper: APB REC MJJ.