About the Authors

Liaoliao Li

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Zhi Wang

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memory Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zhiyi Zuo

zz3c@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

ZZ serves as an editor for PLOS ONE. However, this role does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL ZW ZZ. Performed the experiments: LL ZW. Analyzed the data: LL ZW ZZ. Wrote the paper: LL ZZ.