Front. Med. Frontiers in Medicine Front. Med. 2296-858X Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fmed.2026.1811616 Correction Correction: Hydrocortisone combined with fludrocortisone for treatment of adults with septic shock: an updated meta-analysis and systematic review Sun Alin 1 2 Gao Xiang 1 2 Gao Zhipeng 1 2 Zhang Qinghai 1 2 He Wenzheng 1 2 * Department of Critical Care Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, China Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China Correspondence: Wenzheng He, wenzhenghe323@gmail.com 02 03 2026 2026 13 1811616 15 02 2026 17 02 2026 17 02 2026 Copyright © 2026 Sun, Gao, Gao, Zhang and He. 2026 Sun, Gao, Gao, Zhang and He https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. A Correction on Hydrocortisone combined with fludrocortisone for treatment of adults with septic shock: an updated meta-analysis and systematic review by Sun, A., Gao, X., Gao, Z., Zhang, Q., and He, W. (2026). Front. Med. 13:1755626. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1755626 fludrocortisone hydrocortisone meta-analysis mortality septic shock section-at-acceptance Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology

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