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Correction: Systemic review of age brackets in pediatric emergency medicine literature and the development of a universal age classification for pediatric emergency patients - the Munich Age Classification System (MACS)
BMC Emergency Medicine volume 24, Article number: 145 (2024)
The Original Article was published on 25 July 2023
BMC Emergency Medicine (2023) 23:77
The original article contains errors in the proposed age classification relating to missing days between Neonates and Infants, unclear distinction between age brackets, and unclear end of adult age bracket.
An updated version of the mMACS can be viewed ahead in this Correction article.
Furthermore, the amendments noted above were suggested by Daniel Pfeiffer of the Dr. v. Hauner Children’s Hospital, Munich, Germany who is acknowledged via this Correction article.
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Althammer, A., Prückner, S., Gehring, G.C. et al. Correction: Systemic review of age brackets in pediatric emergency medicine literature and the development of a universal age classification for pediatric emergency patients - the Munich Age Classification System (MACS). BMC Emerg Med 24, 145 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01064-0
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