About the Authors

Ulrike M. Stamer

ulrike.stamer@dkf.unibe.ch

Affiliations Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Lan Zhang

Affiliations Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Malte Book

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Lutz E. Lehmann

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Frank Stuber

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Frank Musshoff

Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Revising the manuscript critically: LZ MB LL. Final approval of the version to be published: US MB LL LZ FS FM. Conceived and designed the experiments: US MB LL FS FM. Performed the experiments: US MB LZ FM. Analyzed the data: US MB LL FM FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US FS FM. Wrote the paper: US FS FM.