About the Authors

Alexander Choukèr

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Ines Kaufmann

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Simone Kreth

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Daniela Hauer

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Matthias Feuerecker

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Detlef Thieme

Affiliation Institute of Doping Analysis and Sports Biochemistry, Dresden, Germany

Michael Vogeser

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Manfred Thiel

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Gustav Schelling

gustav.schelling@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC IK MT GS. Performed the experiments: AC IK. Analyzed the data: AC IK SK DH MF DT MV MT GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DT MV. Wrote the paper: AC IK SK GS.