aDepartment of Anesthesia, Center for Cancer and Organ dysfunction. Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet

bDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen

cDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital − Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Correspondence to Eske K. Aasvang, Department of Anesthesia, Center for Cancer and Organ dysfunction, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen E, Denmark. Tel: +45 3545 0802; e-mail: [email protected]