Correction to: BMC Pulm Med (2021) 21:1-6 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01653-w

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged that the author name Fabiana Trentacosti had been erroneously spelled as Fabiana Trenatacosti.

The published article has since been corrected.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.