Correction: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 23, 315 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02603-4

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged the following errors:

1) Affiliations 7, 8, and 11 had been incorrectly detailed.

2) The name of author Ali F. Altebainawi had been miswritten as Ali Altebainawi.

3) Affiliation 8 had been missed from author Ali F. Altebainawi (they are affiliated with affiliations 7 and 8).

The affiliations information has since been corrected in the published article and the corrected affiliations information can be seen in this erratum. The authors thank you for reading and apologize for any inconvenience caused.