In the article, “Establishment of normal reference values of NT-proBNP and its application in diagnosing acute heart failure in children with severe hand food and mouth disease”,[ which appears in Volume 97, Issue 36 of Medicine¸ the word foot was misspelled as food in the title and the title should be “Establishment of normal reference values of NT-proBNP and its application in diagnosing acute heart failure in children with severe hand foot and mouth disease”.