About the Authors

Leonardo Lorente

lorentemartin@msn.com

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

María M. Martín

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

Agustín F. González-Rivero

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

José Ferreres

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

Jordi Solé-Violán

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

Lorenzo Labarta

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

César Díaz

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

Alejandro Jiménez

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

Juan M. Borreguero-León

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: L. Lorente. Performed the experiments: L. Lorente MMM JF JSV L. Labarta CD AFGR JMBL. Analyzed the data: L. Lorente AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AFGR JMBL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: L. Lorente.