title: Ventilator associated pneumonia and endotracheal tube repositioning: an underrated risk factor.
abstract: Aspiration of secretions toward lower airways potentially occurs during endotracheal tube (ETT) repositioning in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit and may be a risk factor for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). This case-control study confirms that repositioning of the ETT is an independent risk factor for VAP.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Units, Department of Medicine, FMSS, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McGovern Murphy
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Units, Department of Medicine, FMSS, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Units, Department of Medicine, FMSS, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: P-A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Menard
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Units, Department of Medicine, FMSS, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: K-R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Bejar-Ardiles
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carignan
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Units, Department of Medicine, FMSS, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, QC, Canada. Electronic address: Olivier.Lesur@USherbrooke.ca.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lesur
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Endotracheal tube; Mechanical ventilation; Ventilator-associated pneumonia