Erratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine: Brussels, Belgium. 15-18 March 2016.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1208-6.].

Close relationship between strict blood glucose control, including suppression of blood glucose variability, and mortality reduction in acutely ill patients with glucose intolerance investigated by means of a bedside-type artificial pancreas.

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between strict control of blood glucose (BG) and mortality reduction with the use of an artificial pancreas (AP). Patients were evaluated in the (1) early phase (E phase: mean 3.3 ± 2.

Recent progress in mechanical artificial pancreas.

Strict blood glucose (BG) control is proved to improve the outcome in patients with glucose intolerance both in acute and chronic phases, irrespective of whether the patient has diabetes mellitus. However, strict BG control by conventional methods is so complicated that it cannot be performed easily in normal clinical situations. Furthermore, it is sometimes inadequate.

[Venous aneurysm of V. saphena accessoria--a case report].

A 43-year-old male was admitted for subcutaneous mass of rt. inguinal lesion. Saccular dilatation of vein is a rare phenomenon and usually termed "venous aneurysm".

[Adrenal cyst: report of a case].

This is a case report of an adrenal pseudocyst which developed in a 46-year-old man. The patient experienced dull headache, vertigo and palpitation. The diagnosis of the right adrenal cyst was established by echography and CT scan.