About the Authors

R. Scott Harris

rsharris@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hanae Fujii-Rios

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tilo Winkler

Affiliation Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guido Musch

Affiliation Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marcos F. Vidal Melo

Affiliation Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

José G. Venegas

Affiliation Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSH JGV. Performed the experiments: RSH TW GM MFVM JGV. Analyzed the data: RSH TW GM MFVM JGV. Wrote the paper: RSH HFR TW GM MFVM JGV.