About the Authors

Michael Haase

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Haase, Anja Haase-Fielitz

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany

Anja Haase-Fielitz

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Haase, Anja Haase-Fielitz

anja.haase-fielitz@med.ovgu.de (AHF); Rinaldo.Bellomo@austin.org.au (RB)

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany

Michael Plass

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The German Heart Center, Berlin, Germany

Hermann Kuppe

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The German Heart Center, Berlin, Germany

Roland Hetzer

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The German Heart Center, Berlin, Germany

Claire Hannon

Affiliation Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology, University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science, Dublin, Ireland

Patrick T. Murray

Affiliation Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology, University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science, Dublin, Ireland

Michael J. Bailey

Affiliation The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Rinaldo Bellomo

anja.haase-fielitz@med.ovgu.de (AHF); Rinaldo.Bellomo@austin.org.au (RB)

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Sean M. Bagshaw

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

MH and RB hold a patent on the use of sodium bicarbonate infusions to prevent acute kidney injury. MH, SMB, and PM received lecture fees from companies (incl. Abbott Diagnostics, Alere) involved in the development of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as renal biomarker. The authors declare no other competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH AHF RB. Performed the experiments: MH AHF RB PM SMB. Analyzed the data: MJB AHF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH AHF RB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MH AHF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MP HK RH CH PM MJB RB SMB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MH AHF RB MP HK RH CH PM MJB SMB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MH AHF RB MP HK RH CH PM MJB SMB. Enrolled patients: MH AHF RB SMB PM.