About the Authors

Suman B. Thapamagar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

suman.thapamagar@ruhealth.org

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, Allergy and Hyperbaric Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Loma Linda, CA, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Medical Services, VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems, Loma Linda, CA, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Riverside University Health Systems, Moreno Valley, CA, United States of America

Kathleen Ellstrom

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

Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Medical Services, VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems, Loma Linda, CA, United States of America

James D. Anholm

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, Allergy and Hyperbaric Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Loma Linda, CA, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Medical Services, VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems, Loma Linda, CA, United States of America

Ramiz A. Fargo

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

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, Allergy and Hyperbaric Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Loma Linda, CA, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Medical Services, VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems, Loma Linda, CA, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Riverside University Health Systems, Moreno Valley, CA, United States of America

Nagamani Dandamudi

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

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, Allergy and Hyperbaric Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Loma Linda, CA, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Medical Services, VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems, Loma Linda, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.