About the Authors

Justin K. Banerdt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

justin.banerdt@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kondwelani Mateyo

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

Li Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Christopher J. Lindsell

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Elisabeth D. Riviello

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deanna Saylor

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Douglas C. Heimburger

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

Affiliations University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

E. Wesley Ely

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

Affiliations Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Tennessee Valley Veteran’s Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Ely has received research grants and/or honoraria from Hospira, Orion, Pfizer and Abbott. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.