
The Department of Respiratory Medicine offers comprehensive service for patients with airway and lung disorders including asthma, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pleural diseases, chest infections, allergic diseases, interstitial lung disease, sleep related breathing disorders and chronic cough to name a few.
The Specialist staff has unparalleled expertise in the diagnosis & treatment of the above disorders. State of Art facilities are available to support the staff in clinical management, training programme & research.
The department offers facilities like Pulmonary Function Testing(with diffusion studies), 2 bedded Sleep Lab, Videobronchoscopy (including Bronchoalveolar lavage, Transbronchial biopsy, Transbronchial Needle aspiration, Bronchial brushings) and Medical Thoracoscopy. Various bronchoscopic interventions such as endobronchial LASERs, placement of stents, Intrabronchial radiation, Removal of foreign body, Balloon tamponading are performed with great skill.
Patients with Respiratory emergencies are provided protocolised care in the modernly designed medical ICU.
A team of accomplished and renowned experts mans the department
The common diseases treated here includes Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases (COAD/COPD), Bronchial Asthma, Tuberculosis, Sarcoidosis, Interstitial Lung Disease, Allergic Disorders, Pleural Effusion, Lung Cancers, H.I.V, Various Tropical Diseases, Pneumonias, Sepsis and many more.
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