Notices and Corrections

These Notices and Corrections were originally published in the print journal. All such corrections have been made on this Web site.

Retraction of article from ACP Journal Club
This retraction appeared in:

ACP Journal Club. 2007 17 November 2009;151:JC-3.

A report of the COOPERATE trial was abstracted in the September/October 2003 issue of ACP Journal Club. Lancet has now issued a retraction of the original article; as such, the abstract and commentary published in ACP Journal Club are also retracted.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2007 Jan-Feb;146:A12.

In the Patients section of "A nurse-led clinical pathway reduced hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia," the sentence: "Residents with pulse 100/min, respiratory rate < 30/min, systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg, and oxygen saturation 92% who were able to eat and drink were included" should not be there. In the Intervention section, the systolic blood pressure of <90 mm Hg should be 90 mm Hg.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2005 Jul-Aug;143:A11.

In the Table of the abstract "Dalteparin reduced venous thromboembolic events without increased bleeding in acutely ill medical patients," the relative risk increase for major bleeding of 2% should be 206%.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2005 Mar-Apr;142:A13.

In the commentary for the abstract, "Review: Vaginal signs and symptoms perform poorly in diagnosing vaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, and vaginal trichomoniasis," the second sentence of the second paragraph should be, "The absence of symptoms and signs is even less helpful in ruling out disease, with only the absence of odor ruling out BV, and absence of yellow discharge on physical examinatino ruling out VT." The original sentence was as follows: "The absence of symptoms and signs is even less helpful in ruling out disease, with only the absence of odor or yellow discharge ruling out BV."

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2004 Mar-Apr;140:A16.

In the second paragraph of the commentary of the abstract Acarbose reduced the risk for cardiovascular disease and hypertension in impaired glucose tolerance, the phrase “raising the glycemic index of food” should be “lowering the glycemic index of food.”

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2004 May-June;140:A16.

Thanks to Dr. Daniel J. Brotman of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation for pointing out an error in the confidence interval for sensitivity in Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio predicted the presence of esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis. The correct values appear in the Table.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2004 Mar-Apr;140:A16.

In the second paragraph of the commentary of the abstract Acarbose reduced the risk for cardiovascular disease and hypertension in impaired glucose tolerance, the phrase “raising the glycemic index of food” should be “lowering the glycemic index of food.”

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2003 Nov-Dec;139:A14.

Please check your Bayes' nomogram!

Some time ago, we published a version of the Bayes' nomogram with some ill-spaced likelihood ratios (LRs) at the extremes of the scales. Ill-formed versions will have the LR of 1000 and 0.001 at a greater spacing than the rest of the LRs. These appeared in the glossaries of ACP Journal Club between Sep/Oct 1998 and Nov/Dec 1999. If you have been using a nomogram that differs (at the extremes of the center scale) from the one in the Glossary, please replace it. Our thanks to Jan Hajek for alerting us to the problem.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2003 Mar-Apr;138:A12.
We regret the omission of Dr. Gloria Rambaldini's name and institution on the resource corner she wrote on Clinical Evidence Concise for the January/February 2003 issue of ACP Journal Club.

Her contact information is:
Gloria Rambaldini, MD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Sept-Oct;137:A13.
In the table of the abstract Early goal-direct therapy reduced mortality and multiorgan dysfunction in severe sepsis or septic shock, the NNT for mortality at 60 days should be 6, not 86.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Sept-Oct;137:A13.
In the Main Results section of the abstract Review: Aspirin reduces CAD events in persons with no history of cardiovascular disease, but it increases gastrointestinal bleeding, the n should be 53 035, not 035.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Jul-Aug;137:A17.
In the Patients section of the abstract Irbesartan was renoprotective in patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and microalbuminuria, the two symbols should be symbols.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Jul-Aug;137:A17.
In the Intervention section of the abstract Irbesartan reduced progression of nephropathy caused by type 2 diabetes independent of the effect on blood pressure, the two symbols should be symbols.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Jul-Aug;137:A17.
In the fourth column, last row of the Table of the abstract Overall satisfaction increased more with inhaled insulin than with subcutaneous insulin in type 1 diabetes, there should be a symbol after the 10%.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Jul-Aug;137:A17.
In both rows of the first column of the Table of the abstract Montelukast moderately decreased asthma symptoms in children with persistent asthma, the word system should be symptom.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2002 Jul-Aug;137:A17.
In the last row of the first column of the Table of the abstract 1 of 2 quality-improvement interventions for depression in managed care was more effective but more costly than usual care, there should be a symbol after the word costs.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2001 Sep-Oct;135:A17.
The Bayes nomogram that appeared in the glossary of ACP Journal Club in the September/October and November/December 1999 issues should not be used because it contains 2 errors:
1. The likelihood ratio scale is imperfectly drawn, giving inaccurate readings in parts of the nomogram.
2. The lower 500 on the likelihood ratio scale should be 200.

A correct version of the nomogram can be viewed in the Glossary.

This Correction appeared in:
ACP Journal Club. 2000 Jul-Aug;133:A17.
In the commentary by Douketis [A negative D-dimer result and low-risk clinical status effectively ruled out DVT in symptomatic patients and A negative D-dimer test result alone or combined with low-risk clinical status effectively ruled out symptomatic DVT], the third sentence is incorrect. It should be "Recent studies have established that the combination of a negative D-dimer test result with a normal DUS or normal impedance plethysmographic measurement obviates the need for repeated noninvasive testing (1-3)."