About the Authors

Hao Liu

Affiliations Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marie E. Rose

Affiliations Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xiecheng Ma

Affiliations Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sherman Culver

Affiliations Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

C. Edward Dixon

Affiliations Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Steven H. Graham

Steven.Graham@va.gov

Affiliations Geriatric Research Educational and Clinical Center, V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HL SHG. Data curation: HL MER CED SHG. Formal analysis: MER. Funding acquisition: HL CED SHG. Investigation: HL MER XM SC. Methodology: CED. Project administration: HL MER XM SC CED SHG. Resources: CED SHG. Supervision: HL MER SC CED SHG. Validation: CED SHG. Visualization: HL MER SHG. Writing – original draft: HL MER SHG. Writing – review & editing: HL MER CED SHG.