After publication of our article [1], a reader noticed that in Figure 1, the number of patients who remained normo-glycaemic should be 113, not 133 and the number of patients who devel
Trang 1After publication of our article [1], a reader noticed that
in Figure 1, the number of patients who remained
normo-glycaemic should be 113, not 133 and the number of
patients who developed diabetes should be 33, not 13
Th e correct version of the fi gure is attached overleaf.
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to Dr Saleh Aldasouqi (Michigan State University College of Human
Medicine) who notifed the authors and journal of the error
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests
Author details
1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Rebro,
Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb 10000, Croatia 2Division of endocrinology, Department
of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Rebro, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb 10000,
Croatia
Published: 1 October 2010
Reference
1 Gornik I, Vujaklija-Brajković A, Renar IP, Gašparović V: A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of
type 2 diabetes Critical Care 2010, 14:R130.
© 2010 BioMed Central Ltd
Correction: A prospective observational study
of the relationship of critical illness associated
hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and
subsequent development of type 2 diabetes
Ivan Gornik*1, Ana Vujaklija-Brajković1, Ivana Pavlić Renar2 and Vladimir Gašparović1
See related research by Gornik et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/R130
C O R R E C T I O N
*Correspondence: ivan.gornik@gmail.com
1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Rebro,
Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
doi:10.1186/cc9272
Cite this article as: Gornik I, et al.: Correction: A prospective observational
study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of type 2 diabetes
Critical Care 2010, 14:444.
Gornik et al Critical Care 2010, 14:444
http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/444
© 2010 BioMed Central Ltd
Trang 2Figure 1 Flow diagram showing the loss of patients from initial screening to the end of fi ve-year follow-up.
274 died in hospital
- 211 refused participation
- 203 terminally ill
669
1548 screened
385 with a history of DM, IFG or IGT 1822
669
NORMOGLYCAEMIA
76 excluded:
started follow-up
193
47 IGF / IFG
33 DM
113 normoglycaemic
389
49 IGF / IFG
14 DM
326 normoglycaemic
finished follow-up
436
HYPERGLYCAEMIA
360
66 died
93 discontinued follow-up
102 died
154 discontinued follow-up
- 29 receiving corticosteroids
- newly diagnosed DM, IGT or IFG
2207 patients admitted
to medical ICU
443 excluded
Gornik et al Critical Care 2010, 14:444
http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/444
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