Erratum to: Annals of Intensive Care (2015) 5:17 DOI 10.1186/s13613-015-0052-1

The originally published article [1] unfortunately contained several mistakes, these are detailed below. The author’s list was presented incorrectly in both the HTML and PDF versions of this article.

Bendjelid Karim’s name was incorrectly presented as Karim Benjelid.

Christian Spaulding’s name was incorrectly spelt as Christian Splaulding.

Christian Spaulding’s affiliation was incorrectly presented as “Inserm U 970, Département de cardiologie, centre d’expertise de la mort subite, Université Paris-Descartes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France”, the correct affiliation is “Département de cardiologie, hôpital européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, centre d’expertise de la mort subite, INSERM U 970, Paris”.

The original article has been updated to reflect this change.