Pulmonary Medicine
Our thoracic care unit caters to all aspects of pulmonary medicine delivered under the same roof. It is a unit designed for early detection of diseases, to perform required interventions and to provide pulmonary rehabilitation to help patients with respiratory illnesses and help them in leading healthier and productive lives. The department is well equipped with state of art facilities in the care of respiratory and other thoracic disorders and our highly skilled pulmonologists provide comprehensive consultative, diagnostic and therapeutic services for patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing.
What is Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary medicine is a subspecialty of internal medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract. A pulmonologist has expertise in the evaluation of patients with breathlessness, cough, wheezing, and chest tightness, as well as abnormalities of the chest x-ray, chest CT scan, and other chest imaging studies.
Pulmonary medicine diagnose and treat patients with many different respiratory problems, ranging from highly acute to long-term chronic conditions, including
- Asthma.
- Sleep Apnea
- COPD.
- Interstitial Lung Diseases.
- Pneumonia.
- Respiratory failure.
- Pulmonary fibrosis.
- Lung cancer and tumours.
Diagnosing Pulmonary Diseases
To identify, diagnose and treat lung diseases we use the latest technologies. Some of the diagnostic services at our hospital include:-
- Diagnostic (BAL, Lung biopsies and Wang-needle biopsies) and Therapeutic Bronchoscope.
- Thoracoscopy services- diagnostic and therapeutic.
- Pulmonary (lung) function testing.
- Sleep studies (Polysomnography).
- Assessment for domiciliary non-invasive ventilatory support.
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation.