About the Authors

Suvi T. Vaara

suvi.vaara@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Maija Hollmén

Affiliation Medicity Research Laboratory and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Anna-Maija Korhonen

Affiliation Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Mikael Maksimow

Affiliation Medicity Research Laboratory and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Tero Ala-Kokko

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Oulu and Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Marko Salmi

Affiliation Medicity Research Laboratory and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Sirpa Jalkanen

Affiliation Medicity Research Laboratory and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Ville Pettilä

Affiliations Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

FINNAKI Study Group

Membership of the FINNAKI Study Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

VP is a Steering Committee member for INTEREST study in ARDS patients. SJ, MH, MM and MS own stocks of Faron Pharmaceuticals. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SJ VP. Data curation: STV. Formal analysis: STV. Funding acquisition: SJ VP. Investigation: STV MH AMK MM TAK MS SJ VP FINNAKI Study Group. Methodology: MH MM MS STV. Project administration: SJ VP. Supervision: SJ VP. Visualization: STV. Writing – original draft: STV. Writing – review & editing: STV MH AMK MM TAK MS SJ VP.