About the Authors

Paul Thottakkara

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Bradley B. Hupf

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Parisa Rashidi

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Panos Pardalos

Affiliation Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Petar Momcilovic

Affiliation Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Azra Bihorac

abihorac@anest.ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: PT BBH TOB. Wrote the paper: PT TOB BBH PR PP PM AB. Conception or design of the study: AB TOB PR PT. Acquisition of data: AB TOB. Interpretation of results: PT TOB BBH PR PP PM AB. Writing and revision for important intellectual content: PT TOB BBH PR PP PM AB.