%0 Journal Article %T Relationship between microaspiration of gastric contents and ventilator-associated pneumonia %A Rouzé, Anahita %A Jaillette, Emmanuelle %A Nseir, Saad %J Annals of Translational Medicine %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Relationship between microaspiration of gastric contents and ventilator-associated pneumonia %K %X Aspiration of gastric contents is common in critically ill patients, and has been identified as a risk factor for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). A prospective multicenter study, using pepsin as a marker of microaspiration of gastric content reported that 88.9% of the 360 included patients experienced at least one episode of microaspiration (1). However, in many patients this event is not followed by any negative impact on patient outcome. %U https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/20609 %V 6 %N 21 %P 428 %@ 2305-5847