In the article that appeared on page 84 of the January 2011 issue, the Results section of the abstract contained three unintended odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. The Results section should have appeared as follows:
Results: Of 1,238,171 surgical patients undergoing general anesthesia, we identified 17 MH patients. Only one in-hospital death was identified. Men were significantly more likely to contract MH (odds ratio: 3.49; 95% CI 1.14–10.7; P = 0.029). No MH patient was found among 19,871 suxamethonium users. The prevalence of MH was relatively high in users of sevoflurane and rocuronium compared with nonusers but was not statistically significant.
Reference
Sumitani M, Uchida K, Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, Kusakabe Y, Matsuda S, Yamada Y: Prevalence of malignant hyperthermia and relationship with anesthetics in Japan: Data from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. Anesthesiology 2011; 114:84–90