About the Authors

Ingrid M. L. Augustin

Roles Writing – original draft

ingridaugustin@ciro-horn.nl

Affiliation CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Martijn A. Spruit

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands

Sarah Houben-Wilke

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Frits M. E. Franssen

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Lowie E. G. W. Vanfleteren

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Swetlana Gaffron

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Viscovery Software GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Daisy J. A. Janssen

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Emiel F. M. Wouters

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRO+, center of expertise for chronic organ failure, Horn, The Netherlands, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline helped support the CHANCE study (SCO115406). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.