About the Authors

Masayuki Sato

masato@iwate-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Gaku Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Shigehiro Shibata

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Makoto Onodera

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Yasushi Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Yoshihiro Inoue

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Shigeatsu Endo

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MS GT YI. Performed the experiments: MS GT. Analyzed the data: MS SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS SS. Wrote the paper: MS SS GT MO YS YI SE.