About the Authors

Leonardo Lorente

lorentemartin@msn.com

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

María M. Martín

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Pedro Abreu-González

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Alberto Domínguez-Rodríguez

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Lorenzo Labarta

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital San Jorge de Huesca, Huesca, Spain

César Díaz

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Insular, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Jordi Solé-Violán

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

José Ferreres

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Juan María Borreguero-León

Affiliation Laboratory Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Alejandro Jiménez

Affiliation Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Armando Morera-Fumero

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of the La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Acquired the data: L. Lorente MMM PAG ADR L. Labarta CD JSV JF JMBL AMF. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and made the final approval of the version to be published: L. Lorente MMM PAG ADR L. Labarta CD JSV JF JMBL AJ AMF. Conceived and designed the experiments: L. Lorente. Performed the experiments: L. Lorente MMM PAG ADR L. Labarta CD JSV JF JMBL AMF. Analyzed the data: AJ. Wrote the paper: L. Lorente.