About the Authors

John D. Lang Jr

Contributed equally to this work with: John D. Lang Jr, Rakesh P. Patel

jdlang@uw.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alvin B. Smith

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Angela Brandon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Kelley M. Bradley

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Yuliang Liu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Wei Li

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

D. Ralph Crowe

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Nirag C. Jhala

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ruth and Raymond Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Richard C. Cross

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Luc Frenette

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Kenneth Martay

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Youri L. Vater

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alexander A. Vitin

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gregory A. Dembo

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Derek A. DuBay

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

J. Steven Bynon

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jeff M. Szychowski

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jorge D. Reyes

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeffrey B. Halldorson

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego Health Care System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Stephen C. Rayhill

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Andre A. Dick

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jared Brandenberger

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jo Ann Broeckel-Elrod

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Laura Sissons-Ross

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Terry Jordan

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Lucinda Y. Chen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Arunotai Siriussawakul

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Devin E. Eckhoff

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Rakesh P. Patel

Contributed equally to this work with: John D. Lang Jr, Rakesh P. Patel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Ikaria, a company that markets inhaled nitric oxide, partially funded the clinical trial.

Author Contributions

Study concept and design: RPP JDL. Acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation: LYC RCC LF GAD DAD JSB JDR JBH SCR AAD RB JB AB KMB YL DRC NCJ JAB-E ABS DEE AS KM AV YLV. Drafting of the manuscript: RPP JDL. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: RPP JDL JMS DAD DEE. Statistical analysis: JMS. Obtained funding: RPP JDL. Administrative, technical, material support: AB KMB YL WL TJ. Study supervision: JAB-E LS-R ABS RCC RPP JDL.