Correction to: COVID-19: a novel coronavirus and a novel challenge for critical care.

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.

Correction to: Intensive Care Med 10.1007/s00134-020-05955-1

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. There was an error in table one: in the last row, second column the part “Still being defined to” should be crossed out. The correct Table 1 can be found below. We apologize for the mistake.

Table 1

Comparison between COVID-19 and the other two coronaviruses infections, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) [4,13–17,26]

	COVID-19	MERS	SARS
Epidemiologic links	Wuhan, China	Arabian Peninsula	Guangdong, China
Animal host	Unclear, bat suspected	Dromedary camel	Civet cats and bats suspected
Human–human transmission	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nosocomial transmission	Yes	Yes	Yes
Risk to healthcare workers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Countries with reported cases	54	27	26
Number of cases	85,403 as of March 1, 2020	2494	8437
Clinical features of critically ill patients
Age, years	60	58	57
Comorbid conditions	40%	80%	++
ARDS/pneumonia	Main feature	Main feature	Main feature
Shock and multiorgan failure	Yes	Yes	Yes
Invasive mechanical ventilation	42%	85%	76%
Vasopressors	35%	79%	44%
Renal replacement therapy	17%	49%	11%
Mortality	62%	67%	34%