Open AccessRepositioning of endotracheal tube and risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia among adult patients: A matched case-control study
Author(s) -
Taha Ismaeil,
Latifah Alfunaysan,
Nouf N. Alotaibi,
Shatha Alkadi,
Fatmah Othman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_26_19
Subject(s) - medicine , ventilator associated pneumonia , pneumonia , confounding , comorbidity , intensive care unit , logistic regression , case control study , medical history , mechanical ventilation , emergency medicine , risk factor , intensive care medicine
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most serious hospital-acquired infections to occur among mechanically ventilated patients. Many risk factors for VAP have been identified in the literature; however, there is a lack of studies examining the association between endotracheal tube (ETT) repositioning and an increase in the risk of VAP. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to investigate the effect of ETT repositioning and the risk of developing VAP.