Intensive Care Med (2004) 30:589–596

Due to a publisher’s error the authorship of this paper was incorrect, the correct authorship is Simon Finfer, Rinaldo Bellomo, Jeffrey Lipman, Craig French, Geoffrey Dobb, John Myburgh and ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Sepsis Investigators. The full list of authors and their contributions to the study are listed in the electronic supplementary material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2157-0.

The legends for Figures 1 and 2 have been transposed. The legend for Figure 1 should read: “Outcome of 5878 admission episodes and outcome of patients with severe sepsis. SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome, ICU intensive care unit.” The legend for Figure 2 should read: “Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival to day 28 in 691 patients with severe sepsis.”

Simon Finfer for the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Sepsis Investigators