Acknowledgements
Tomas
The authors thank all the anesthesiologists and intensivists involved in this study, especially Jaroslav Hylmar, Stanislav Novotny, Michaela Sekerasova, Tereza Krskova, Milan Grund, Jana Polaskova, Silvie Binterova, Vladimir Bicek, Martin Malosek, Jiri Roith, Vojtech Simecek, Jan Sindelar, Jiri Bures, Zdenek Havelka and Vlasta Vlasakova. The authors also thank all the surgeons involved in this study, especially Jan Simonek, Jiri Pozniak, Jan Kolarik and Monika Svorcova. The authors also thank all the perfusionists involved in this study, especially Tomas Smetak, Michal Hlavacek, Vojtech Veverka, Pavel Hedvicak, Pavol Kovac and Adam Necesany. The authors thank Irena Al Masani and Monika Peckova for help with the statistical analysis.