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Buchman AL, Howard LJ, Guenter P, et al. Micronutrients in parenteral nutrition: too little or too much? The past, present, and recommendations for the future. Gastroenterology 2009;137(5 Suppl):S1–S6.

In the above article, the authors would like to note the following corrections:

In Table 2: The footnote “c” under the Manganese column should correctly read “b”. Footnote “c” should be changed to “decrease or omit with increasing renal dysfunction.”

In Table 3: The folic acid unit of measure should correctly read (mcg). And the folic acid values in same should correctly read: MVI-12 Injection: 600; MVI Pediatric: 140; and Cernevit-12: 414. The MVI-12 content should be 10 mL.

In Table 5: The values for the following should correctly read: 4-Trace Elements (Hospira): Zinc: 0.8, Copper: 0.2, Chromium: 2, Manganese: 0.16, How Supplied: 5 and 50 mL vials.

In Table 7: The values under the folic acid column should correctly read for : Solivito N (Fresenius Kabi): 0.4; and for Cernevit (Baxter): 0.4. The vitamin B1 amount in Cerbevit should be 3.5 mg and the vitamin Econtnet should be 11.2 IU. For Solvito N, the vitamin B1 content should be 2.5 mg.

In Table 8: The correct content of manganese in Peditrace is 1 mg. The correct concentration in Additrace is 1.24 mg. The NOTE should correctly read: Contents are per 10 mL (Additrace), 1 mL (Peditrace) and 40 mL (Decan). In addition, all products are supplied as ampoules.