About the Authors

Divya Mehra

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Patrick M. Geraghty

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Andrew A. Hardigan

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert Foronjy

rforonjy@chpnet.org

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM PG JD RF. Performed the experiments: DM PG AH RF. Analyzed the data: DM PG JD RF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM RF. Wrote the paper: DM RF.