About the Authors

Shelley F. Stone

Shelley.Stone@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Geoffrey K. Isbister

Affiliations Department of Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology, Calvary Mater Newcastle and Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka

Seyed Shahmy

Affiliation South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka

Fahim Mohamed

Affiliation South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Peradeniya, Central Province, Sri Lanka

Chandana Abeysinghe

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Polonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Harendra Karunathilake

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Polonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Ariaranee Ariaratnam

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tamara E. Jacoby-Alner

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Computer, Health and Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Claire L. Cotterell

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Simon G. A. Brown

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFS GKI SGAB AA. Performed the experiments: SFS TEJA CLC SS. Analyzed the data: SFS GKI SGAB. Wrote the paper: SFS GKI SGAB. The study co-ordinator for the RCT, performed data collection and database supervision: SS. Co-ordinator of the South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration: FM. Recruited patients and collected clinical samples: CA HK AA. Ethics submissions: AA.