About the Authors

Sadeq A. Quraishi

squraishi@partners.org

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Edward A. Bittner

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kenneth B. Christopher

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carlos A. Camargo Jr.

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAQ EAB KBC CAC. Performed the experiments: EAB. Analyzed the data: EAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAB. Wrote the manuscript: SAQ KBC CAC.