The role of steroids in treating septic shock

Abstract

In this editorial [1], the sentence:Certainly under physiological conditions, it would seem that cortisol facilitates beta-receptor binding of catecholamines to vascular smooth muscle, allowing noradrenaline to exert its vasopressor effect.should have read: Certainly under physiological conditions, it would seem that cortisol facilitates adrenoceptor binding of catecholamines to vascular smooth muscle, allowing noradrenaline to exert its vasopressor effect.The authors apologise for this error.