About the Authors

Deepika Mohan

mohand@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Derek C. Angus

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Daniel Ricketts

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Coreen Farris

Affiliation RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Baruch Fischhoff

Affiliation Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Matthew R. Rosengart

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Donald M. Yealy

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Amber E. Barnato

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM CF DCA BF MRR AEB. Performed the experiments: DM. Analyzed the data: DM CF BF MRR DY DR DCA AEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM DCA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DM CF BF MRR DY DR DCA AEB.