About the Authors

Fatime Hawchar

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hawchar.fatime@med.u-szeged.hu

‡ FH and DT contributed equally to this work as first authors.

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Dana Tomescu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

‡ FH and DT contributed equally to this work as first authors.

Affiliations Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Karl Träger

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Kardioanasthesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Dominik Joskowiak

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinikum der LMU München, Herzchirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Munich, Germany

Klaus Kogelmann

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Hans-Susemihl-Krankenhaus GmbH, Emden, Germany

Jens Soukup

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivtherapie und Palliativmedizin, Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany

Singrun Friesecke

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin B, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

David Jacob

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Jan Gummert

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Klinische Studien Chirurgie, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Andreas Faltlhauser

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Kliniken Nordoberpfalz AG, Klinikum Weiden, Weiden, Germany

Filippo Aucella

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Research Hospital "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Medical Science, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, San Giovanni, Rotondo, Italy

Martijn van Tellingen

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Ziekenhuis De Tjongerschans, Heerenveen, Netherlands

Manu L. N. G. Malbrain

Roles Data curation

Affiliations First Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, Medical Data Management, Medaman, Geel, Belgium, International Fluid Academy, Lovenjoel, Belgium

Ralph Bogdanski

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesiologie, AG Hämodynamik, Klinikumrechts der Isar TU München, München, Germany

Günter Weiss

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Krankenhaus Hietzing, Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund, A, Wien, Austria

Andreas Herbrich

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum Region Hannover Nordstadt, Hannover, Germany

Stefan Utzolino

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Abteilung Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Freiburg, Germany

Axel Nierhaus

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg- Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Andreas Baumann

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensiv-, Palliativ- und Schmerzmedizin, Berufsgenossensch Uniklinik Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany

Andreas Hartjes

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Krankenhaus BHS Ried im Innkreis, Ried im Innkreis, Austria

Dietrich Henzler

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinikum Herford, UK Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin, Rettungsmedizin, Schmerztherapie, Herford, Germany

Evgeny Grigoryev

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russian Federation

Harald Fritz

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Krankenhaus Martha Maria Halle Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Halle, Germany

Friedhelm Bach

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensiv-, Notfallmedizin, Transfusionsmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Stefan Schröder

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Krankenhaus Düren gem. GmbH, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Düren, Germany

Andreas Weyland

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie/Intensiv-/Notfallmedizin/Schmerztherapie, Klinikum Oldenburg GmbH, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Germany

Udo Gottschaldt

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Heinrich Braun Klinikum Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany

Matthias Menzel

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinikum Wolfsburg, Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Wolfsburg, Germany

Olivier Zachariae

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinikum Wolfsburg, Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Wolfsburg, Germany

Radovan Novak

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinikum Oberlausitzer Bergland GmbH, Zittau, Germany

Jernej Berden

Roles Data curation

Affiliation University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Dep. Of Internal medicine, ICU, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Hendrik Haake

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Kardiologie und Intensivmedizin, Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH, Mönchengladbach, Germany

Michael Quintel

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Zentrum Anästhesiologie, Rettungs-und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Stephan Kloesel

Roles Data curation

Affiliation GPR Klinikum Rüsselsheim, Abteilung Anästhesie, Rüsselsheim, Germany

Andreas Kortgen

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Jena, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Jena, Germany

Stephanie Stecher

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Klinikum der Universität München, München, Germany

Patricia Torti

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Rianimazione Ospedale U. Parini, S.C. Anestesia e Rianimazione, Aosta, Italy

Frieder Nestler

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Kliniken Erlabrunn gGmbH, Erlabrunn, Germany

Markus Nitsch

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensiv-, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Krankenhaus St. Elisabeth und St. Barbara, Halle, Germany

Detlef Olboeter

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Krankenhaus Herzberg, Elbe-Elster-Klinikum GmbH, Herzberg, Germany

Philip Muck

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

Michael Findeisen

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Klinik für Pneumologie, Gastroenterologie, Internistische Intensiv- und Beatmungsmedizin, Städtisches Klinikum München GmbH, Klinikum Harlaching, Munich, Germany

Diane Bitzinger

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Regensburg, Germany

Jens Kraßler

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Coswig, Germany

Martin Benad

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Bodden Kliniken Ribnitz Damgarten, Ribnitz Damgarten, Germany

Martin Schott

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Diakovere Friederikenstift, Hannover, Germany

Ulrike Schumacher

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Center for Clinical Studies Jena (ZKS), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

Zsolt Molnar

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Doctoral School of Multidisciplinary Medical Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, Institute for Translational Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Frank Martin Brunkhorst

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KT has received honoraria for lectures and consultations from CytoSorbents Europe (Berlin, Germany); KK has received honoraria for lectures and consultations from CytoSorbents Europe (Berlin, Germany); AF has received honoraria for lectures and consultations from CytoSorbents Europe (Berlin, Germany); FMB has received honoraria for lectures and consultations from CytoSorbents Europe (Berlin, Germany); ZM has received honoraria for lectures and consultations and he also functions as medical director at CytoSorbents Europe (Berlin, Germany). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.