Study of Diaphragmatic Ultrasound as a Predictor of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Respiratory Diseases on Admission to Intensive Care Unit

Diaphragmatic ultrasound will be performed to all patients with respiratory disease to evaluate diaphragmatic thickening and estimate thickening fraction and to evaluate diaphragmatic excursion. Measurements will be obtained at bedside with a portable ultrasound machine equipped with a linear probe (Logic P6 Pro, GE Healthcare). Diaphragmatic thickness measures will be performed on right Intercostal approach through the zone of apposition. Diaphragmatic excursion will be performed using curved-array probe (Logic P6 Pro, GE Healthcare) is positioned below right costal arch at the mid-clavicular line. The ultrasound study will be done and /or supervised by ultrasound expert