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Erratum to: Probiotic and synbiotic therapy in critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care volume 21, Article number: 42 (2017) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 19 August 2016

Erratum

Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] published in Critical Care contained an error. We have made an error in the calculation of the pooled risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for the effect of probiotics and synbiotics on hospital mortality. Currently, the revised effect on overall mortality is 1.02 (95% CI 0.85,1.22; P = 0.83, I2 = 0%). The corrected figure is shown in this erratum (Fig. 1). This error has not modified the results and conclusions of the meta-analysis.

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Effect of probiotic therapy on Mortality (n = 17). Original forest plot after reassesing the effect of probiotics on mortality

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  1. Manzanares W, Lemieux M, Langlois PL, Wischmeyer PE. Probiotic and synbiotic therapy in critical illness. Crit Care. 2016;20:262.

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  1. Department of Critical Care, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Clínicas (University Hospital), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Italia Ave. 14th Floor. 11.600, Montevideo, Uruguay

    William Manzanares

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2400 Pratt Street, Office: NP 7060, Durham, NC, 27705, USA

    Paul E. Wischmeyer

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The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13054-016-1434-y.

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Manzanares, W., Wischmeyer, P.E. Erratum to: Probiotic and synbiotic therapy in critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care 21, 42 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1622-4

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