Pulmonology cares for all types of lung diseases using the most effective multidisciplinary approach. It offers diagnosis and individualized treatment plans for lung and breathing conditions such as:
- Sleep-related breathing disorders (apnea, hypopnea)
- Allergic or infectious pulmonary diseases (as asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis)
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Lung embolism
- Cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis or other systemic diseases, which affect respiratory system
- Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis)
- Pulmonary vascular disease (e.g. pulmonary hypertension)
- Interstitial lung diseases (as asbestosis, silicosis, radiation or chemotherapy induces, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
- Benign and malignant tumor of respiratory system.
Special pulmonary procedures and diagnostic tests that are used in pulmonology:
- Bronchoscopy
- Spirometry/Flow-Volume Loop – measures the rate of air flow and estimates lung size
- Lung Diffusing Capacity Test -assesses how well oxygen gets into the blood from the air you breathe.
- Plethysmography - measures how much air lungs can hold
- Measurement of respiratory muscle strength
- Arterial blood gases
- Overnight oximetry (measures oxygen levels in blood)
- Exercise oximetry
