About the Authors

Alexander Kutz

kutz.alexander@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine; University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

Pierre Hausfater

Affiliations Emergency Department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France, Sorbonne Universités UPMC-Univ Paris06, UMRS INSERM 1166, IHUC ICAN, Paris, France

Devendra Amin

Affiliation Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL, United States of America

Adina Amin

Affiliation Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL, United States of America

Pauline Canavaggio

Affiliation Emergency Department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France

Gabrielle Sauvin

Affiliation Emergency Department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France

Maguy Bernard

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière and Univ-Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Antoinette Conca

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine; University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

Sebastian Haubitz

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine; University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

Tristan Struja

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine; University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

Andreas Huber

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

Beat Mueller

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine; University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

Philipp Schuetz

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine; University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

for the TRIAGE study group

The Triage Study group members are provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AK, BM, and PS received support from B·R·A·H·M·S AG (now Thermo Fisher Scientific Biomarkers) to attend meetings and fulfill speaking engagements. BM and PS received support from bioMérieux to attend meetings and fulfill speaking engagements and received research grants from both firms, and BM has served as a consultant to both companies. PH received research grants and support from ThermoFisher Scientific BRAHMS to attend meetings and fulfill speaking engagements. All other authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this paper. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AK PH DA SH BM PS. Data curation: AK PH DA AA PC GS SH AH BM PS. Formal analysis: AK PH AC SH TS BM PS. Funding acquisition: BM PS. Investigation: AK PH DA AA PC GS MB AC SH TS AH BM PS. Methodology: AK BM PS. Project administration: PH DA BM PS. Resources: PH DA MB AH BM PS. Supervision: PH DA MB AC SH BM PS. Validation: AK PH DA AC SH TS BM PS. Visualization: AK SH TS BM PS. Writing – original draft: AK BM PS. Writing – review & editing: AK PH TS BM PS.