About the Authors

Fei-xiang Wu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Yan He

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Dongfang Hospital, Fujian, 354200, China

Hui-ting Di

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China

Yu-ming Sun

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China

Rui-rui Pan

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China

Wei-feng Yu

ywf808@sohu.com (WFW); liur@uphs.upenn.edu (RYL)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China

Renyu Liu

ywf808@sohu.com (WFW); liur@uphs.upenn.edu (RYL)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FXW YMS WFY RYL. Performed the experiments: FXW YH HTD RRP. Analyzed the data: FXW HY YMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FXW HY YMS HTD RRP WFY RYL. Wrote the paper: FXW.