About the Authors

Moniek de Goeij

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Lucas T. van Eijk

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine, RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, inflammation and Immunity. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Pascal Vanelderen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Oliver H. Wilder-Smith

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Kris C. Vissers

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Johannes G. van der Hoeven

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine, RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, inflammation and Immunity. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Matthijs Kox

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, inflammation and Immunity. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Gert Jan Scheffer

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Peter Pickkers

p.pickkers@ic.umcn.nl

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care Medicine, RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, inflammation and Immunity. RUNMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OHWS KCV GJS PP. Performed the experiments: MG LTE. Analyzed the data: MG LTE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the manuscript: MG LTE MK. Interpreted the data and revised the manuscript: PV OHWS KCV JGH MK GJS PP.