Patient Care
的 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care is comprised of 12 full time faculty members with specialty interests and board certification in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Because of its wide range of subspecialty interests, the division is able to offer a complete spectrum of care for patients with pulmonary, sleep and critical illnesses.
我们的 physicians treat patients with pulmonary disorders 包括 but not limited to:
- 哮喘
- chronic obstructive lung disease (肺气肿)
- obstructive sleep apnea
- 猝睡症 and other sleep disorders
- pulmonary fibrosis
- 结节病
- occupational 哮喘
- 肺气肿
- lung cancer
- neuromuscular weakness causing breathing disorders
的 division offers a full array of bronchoscopy services 包括
- diagnostic bronchoscopy
- transbronchial and endobronchial biopsies
- balloon dilatation of tracheal and bronchial stenosis
- endobronchial cryoresection
- foreign body removal
- endobronchial laser resection
- endobronchial ultrasound guided transtracheal and transbronchial lymph node biopsies
- endobronchial stent placement
- bronchial thermoplasty
- bronchoscopy electronic navigation
- rigid bronchoscopy
Additional services 包括
- polysomnography
- cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- bronchoprovocation testing
- plethysmography (sleep studies)
- complex ventilator 管理
- noninvasive ventilation
- generalized care of the critically ill
的 pulmonary function laboratory is state-of-the-art and provides specialty testing 包括
- cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- 肺量测定法
- diffusion studies
- bronchoprovocation testing
- 肺容量 measurements by plethysmography for patients
- flow volume loops
- 肺容量
- diffusion capacity
- methocholene challenge testing
- HAST testing
- cardiopulmonary exercise studies.
的 pulmonary function laboratory welcomes direct referrals and can return results by FAX. In addition the pulmonary function lab offers high altitude simulation studies.
的 division offers sleep studies 包括
- polysomnography
- CPAP/BIPAP titration
- multiple sleep latency testing
- maintenance wake fellness test.
我们的 sleep clinic sees a variety of disorders. 的se 包括
- 失眠
- obstructive sleep apnea
- restless leg syndrome
- 猝睡症
- other sleep disorders
Although all of these services are provided on an inpatient basis, when appropriate, many are delivered in the outpatient setting.
的 Division welcomes referrals for consultation, 管理, and long-term follow-up for acute as well as chronic illness. Outpatient evaluation is available daily with appointment times conveniently arranged in the morning as well as afternoon. All patients are scheduled with individual staff physicians to insure personal attention and development of individual doctor patient relationships.
Perspective patients can call 推荐最近最火的赌博软件 Connect at 464-8668 to schedule and appointment at one of our outpatient facilities. Hospital transfers to the Intensive Care Unit can be arranged through the University Hospital Transfer Center, 315-464-5449.