About the Authors

Marcelo T. O. Carlucci

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

José R. C. Braz

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo do Nascimento Jr

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Lidia R. de Carvalho

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Yara M. M. Castiglia

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Leandro G. Braz

lbraz@fmb.unesp.br

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTOC JRCB LGB. Performed the experiments: MTOC JRCB LGB. Analyzed the data: MTOC JRCB PDN LRDC YMMC LGB. Wrote the paper: MTOC JRCB PDN YMMC LGB.