After publication of our article [1], a reader noticed that in Figure 1, the number of patients who remained normo- glycaemic should be 113, not 133 and the number of patients who developed diabetes should be 33, not 13.  e correct version of the fi gure is attached overleaf. Acknowledgements: Thanks to Dr Saleh Aldasouqi (Michigan State University College of Human Medicine) who notifed the authors and journal of the error. Competing interests The authors have no competing interests. Author details 1 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Rebro, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. 2 Division of endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Rebro, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. Published: 1 October 2010 Reference 1. Gornik I, Vujaklija-Brajković A, Renar IP, Gašparović V: A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of type 2 diabetes. Critical Care 2010, 14:R130. © 2010 BioMed Central Ltd Correction: A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of type 2 diabetes Ivan Gornik* 1 , Ana Vujaklija-Brajković 1 , Ivana Pavlić Renar 2 and Vladimir Gašparović 1 See related research by Gornik et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/R130 CORRECTION *Correspondence: ivan.gornik@gmail.com 1 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Rebro, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb 10000, Croatia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article doi:10.1186/cc9272 Cite this article as: Gornik I, et al.: Correction: A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of type 2 diabetes. Critical Care 2010, 14:444. Gornik et al. Critical Care 2010, 14:444 http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/444 © 2010 BioMed Central Ltd Figure 1. Flow diagram showing the loss of patients from initial screening to the end of  ve-year follow-up. 274 died in hospital - 211 refused participation - 203 terminally ill 669 1548 screened 385 with a history of DM, IFG or IGT 1822 669 NORMOGLYCAEMIA 76 excluded: started follow-up 193 47 IGF / IFG 33 DM 113 normoglycaemic 389 49 IGF / IFG 14 DM 326 normoglycaemic finished follow-up 436 HYPERGLYCAEMIA 360 66 died 93 discontinued follow-up 102 died 154 discontinued follow-up - 29 receiving corticosteroids - newly diagnosed DM, IGT or IFG 15 started steroid treatment 8 started steroid treatment 2207 patients admitted to medical ICU 443 excluded Gornik et al. Critical Care 2010, 14:444 http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/444 Page 2 of 2 . Vujaklija-Brajković A, Renar IP, Gašparović V: A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development. relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of type 2 diabetes. Critical Care 20 10, 14:444. Gornik et al. Critical Care 20 10,. of type 2 diabetes. Critical Care 20 10, 14:R130. © 20 10 BioMed Central Ltd Correction: A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in