Correction: Combination of lung ultrasound (a comet-tail sign) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in differentiating acute heart failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma as cause of acute dyspnea in prehospital emergency setting
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* Corresponding author: Štefek Grmec grmec-mis@siol.net
1 Center for Emergency Medicine, Ulica talcev 9, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
2 Medical Faculty, University of Maribor, Slomškov trg 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
3 Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
4 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Žitna ul. 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Critical Care 2011, 15:450 doi:10.1186/cc10511
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| Published: | 8 December 2011 |
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Correction
Following publication of our article [1], we noted that Table 2 (1) was published with several incorrect data values. The correct values should be:
Table 2. Univariate analysis for all demographic and clinical variables pertinent to diagnosis of acute HF or pulmonary disease (N = 218)a
Under the "Pulmonary-related dyspnea" column:
- Sex, males/females (%) should read 65.2/34.8
- Cough, Y/N should read 48/41
- Wheezes, Y/N should read 68/21
- ECG-normal sinus rhythm, Y/N should read 72/17
- Asthma/COPD medications (Y/N) should read 78/11
- Previous asthma/COPD (Y/N) should read 70/19
Under the "Acute HF-related dyspnea" column:
- Sex, males/females (%) should read 57.9/42.1
- Nocturnal dyspnea (Y/N) should read 43/86
- Orthopnea (Y/N) should read 39/90
- Rales (Y/N) should read 76/53
- Jugular venous distension (Y/N) should read 30/99
- HF medications (Y/N) should read 83/46
- Previous AMI (Y/N) should read 45/84
- Previous CHF (Y/N) should read 80/49
- Previous asthma/COPD (Y/N) should read 27/102
A copy of the table as it should appear can be found overleaf.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
References
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Prosen G, Kleman P, Strnad M, Grmec S: Combination of lung ultrasound (a comet-tail sign) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in differentiating acute heart failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma as cause of acute dyspnea in prehospital emergency setting.
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