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Percentage Error in Abstract and Results

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In the Original Investigation titled “Incidence of Hyponatremia in Patients With Indwelling Peritoneal Catheters for Drainage of Malignant Ascites,”1 published online October 26, 2020, there was an error in the… Click to show full abstract

In the Original Investigation titled “Incidence of Hyponatremia in Patients With Indwelling Peritoneal Catheters for Drainage of Malignant Ascites,”1 published online October 26, 2020, there was an error in the percentage of patients with hyponatremia mentioned in the Results section of the abstract and the text; hyponatremia was either unrecognized or untreated in 72.1% (189 of 262) patients, not 61.2% (189 of 309) of patients. This article has been corrected.1

Keywords: percentage error; hyponatremia; error; abstract results; percentage; error abstract

Journal Title: JAMA Network Open
Year Published: 2020

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