About the Authors

Hesham R. Omar

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa, United States of America

Mehdi Mirsaeidi

mmirsae@uic.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Stephanie Socias

Affiliation Department of Research, Florida Gulf-to-Bay Anesthesiology Associates, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Collin Sprenker

Affiliation Department of Research, Florida Gulf-to-Bay Anesthesiology Associates, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Christiano Caldeira

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Florida Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Enrico M. Camporesi

Affiliation University of South Florida, FGTBA and TEAMHealth, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Devanand Mangar

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Tampa General Hospital, FGTBA, TEAMHealth, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to declare that authors Enrico M. Camporesi and Collin Sprenker are affiliated with Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesiology Associates (FGTBA). However, this institution has not played any role in the design or funding of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRO MM EMC DM CC. Performed the experiments: HRO MM EMC DM CC CS. Analyzed the data: MM HRO EMC. Wrote the paper: HRO MM. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: MM SS CC DM EMC.