To refer or not to refer: How do we answer the question?*

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Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY The author has not disclosed any potential conflicts of interest. To refer or not to refer: How do we answer the question?: Erratum In this article in the November 2009 issue (page 2989), there are several places where an author name is misspelled. The corrections are below: In line 1, it should read: In this issue of Critical Care Medicine, the article by Dr. Garrouste-Orgeas and colleagues (1) makes an important contribution to our understanding of the intensive care unit (ICU) referral process by emergency physicians and the use of guidelines by emergency physicians and critical care physicians. In references 1 and 3, they are listed correct below: 1. Garrouste-Orgeas M, Pateron D, Aergerter P, et al: Intensive care unit admission criteria for patients aged 80 years and over and compliance of emergency and intensive care unit physicians with the selected criteria: An observational multicenter prospective study. Crit Care Med 2009; 37:2919-2928 3. Garrouste-Orgeas M, Montuclard L, Timsit JF, et al: Predictors of intensive care unit refusal in French intensive care units: A multiple-center study. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:750-755 This erratum is published in the December 2009 issue of the journal.