BMC Pulmonary Medicine (2023) 23:454

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02727-7

Following publication of the original article, an error in the author list was brought to the attention of the journal: the first two authors had not been marked as co-first authors. The published article has since been corrected. The publisher thanks you for reading this erratum and apologizes for any inconvenience caused.