Acute respiratory failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in children in the intensive care unit. Acute respiratory failure in children can be caused by many factors such as bronchitis, foreign bodies in the airways, asthma, neuromuscular disorders, etc.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in children is a serious hospital-acquired infection and the most common of all hospital-acquired infections. If not diagnosed and treated promptly, the disease can progress to a very serious stage and cause many serious consequences.