About the Authors

Andrea Cortegiani

andrea.cortegiani@unipa.it

Affiliation Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy

Vincenzo Russotto

Affiliation Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy

Giorgio Graziano

Affiliation Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Daniela Geraci

Affiliation Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Laura Saporito

Affiliation Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Gianfranco Cocorullo

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Urgency and Organ Transplantation, University of Palermo, Italy

Santi Maurizio Raineri

Affiliation Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy

Caterina Mammina

Affiliation Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Antonino Giarratano

Affiliation Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC VR CM AG. Performed the experiments: AC VR GG DG LS GC SMR CM AG. Analyzed the data: AC VR GG DG LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC VR GG DG LS GC CM. Wrote the paper: AC VR GG DG LS GC SMR CM AG.