About the Authors

Susana Gordo-Remartínez

susanagordo79@gmail.com

Current address: Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, C/. Doctor Esquerdo, 46, Madrid, Spain

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

María Calderón-Moreno

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Juan Fernández-Herranz

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Ana Castuera-Gil

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Carolina Puertas-López

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Biochemical Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

José A. Nuevo-González

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Domingo Sánchez-Sendín

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Mercedes García-Gámiz

Contributed equally to this work with: María Calderón-Moreno, Juan Fernández-Herranz, Ana Castuera-Gil, Mar Gallego-Alonso-Colmenares, Carolina Puertas-López, José A. Nuevo-González, Domingo Sánchez-Sendín, Mercedes García-Gámiz

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

José A. Sevillano-Fernández

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Luis A. Álvarez-Sala

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Internal Medicine Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Juan A. Andueza-Lillo

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

José M. de Miguel-Yanes

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

Susana Gordo-Remartínez and Juan Andueza-Lillo received modest honoraria (500 € each) for a lecture in one meeting sponsored by Thermo Scientific. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG MC JAN JAS JAA JMM. Performed the experiments: SG MC JF AC MGA CP JAN DS MG. Analyzed the data: SG JAS LAA JAA JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG MC JF AC MGA CP JAN DS MG JAS JAA. Wrote the paper: SG JAN JAS LAA JAA JMM.