Nseir et al. Crit Care (2021) 25:284 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03713-3 CORRECTION Open Access Correction to: Relationship between ventilator‑associated pneumonia and mortality in COVID‑19 patients: a planned ancillary analysis of the coVAPid cohort Saad Nseir1,2* , Ignacio Martin‑Loeches3,4, Pedro Povoa5,6, Matthieu Metzelard7, Damien Du Cheyron8, Fabien Lambiotte9, Fabienne Tamion10, Marie Labruyere11, Demosthenes Makris12, Claire Boulle Geronimi13, Marc Pinetonde  Chambrun14, Martine Nyunga15, Olivier Pouly16, Bruno Mégarbane17, Anastasia Saade18, Gemma Gomà19, Eleni Magira20, Jean‑François Llitjos21, Antoni Torres22, Iliana Ioannidou23, Alexandre Pierre24, Luis Coelho5, Jean Reignier25, Denis Garot26, Louis Kreitmann27, Jean‑Luc Baudel28, Guillaume Voiriot29, Damien Contou30, Alexandra Beurton31, Pierre Asfar32, Alexandre Boyer33, Arnaud W. Thille34, Armand Mekontso‑Dessap35, Vassiliki Tsolaki12, Christophe Vinsonneau36, Pierre‑Edouard Floch37, Loïc Le Guennec38, Adrian Ceccato39, Antonio Artigas40, Mathilde Bouchereau1, Julien Labreuche41, Alain Duhamel41 and Anahita Rouzé1,2the coVAPid study group Correction to: C  rit Care (2021) 25:177 Results https://​doi.​org/​10.​1186/​s13054-​021-​03588-4 Primary and secondary outcomes: VAP was associated Following publication of the original article [1], the with higher risk for 28-day mortality in in SARS-CoV-2 authors identified an error in the Abstract and Results group, but not in the two other groups (Fig. 2A). section. The correct numbers and text are given hereafter. Abstract All the changes that were requested are implemented VAP was associated with significantly higher risk for in this correction and the original article [1] has been 28-day mortality in SARS-CoV-2 group (adjusted HR corrected. 1.65 (95% CI 1.11–2.46), p = 0.013), but not in influenza (1.74 (0.99–3.06), p = 0.052), or no viral infection groups (1.13 (0.68–1.86), p = 0.63). The original article can be found online at https://​doi.​org/​10.​1186/​s13054-​ 021-​03588-4. *Correspondence: s-nseir@chru-lille.fr 1 Médecine Intensive‑Réanimation, CHU de Lille, F‑59000 Lille, France Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s) 2021. 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