About the Authors
- Samuel J. Wolf
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Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel J. Wolf, Alexander P. Reske
Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Alexander P. Reske
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Contributed equally to this work with: Samuel J. Wolf, Alexander P. Reske
Affiliation Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Coswig/Meißen, Germany
- Sören Hammermüller
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Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Eduardo L. V. Costa
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Affiliations Cardio-Pulmonary Department, Pulmonary Division, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Research and Education Institute, Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil
- Peter M. Spieth
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Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- Pierre Hepp
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Alysson R. Carvalho
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Affiliation Carlos Chagas Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jens Kraßler
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Affiliation Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Coswig/Meißen, Germany
- Hermann Wrigge
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Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Marcelo B. P. Amato
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Affiliation Cardio-Pulmonary Department, Pulmonary Division, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Andreas W. Reske
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* E-mail: andreas.reske@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: MBPA reports that his research laboratory has received grants from Covidien and Dixtal Biomedica. None of these grants had direct relationship with the content of the study. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SW APR ELVC ARC HW AWR MBPA. Performed the experiments: SW APR SH PH HW AWR. Analyzed the data: SW APR SH ELVC PMS ARC JK HW MBPA AWR. Wrote the paper: SW APR MBPA AWR.