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. Disorders frequently diagnosed and managed by a pulmonologist include:
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic cough
- Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Chronic respiratory failure
- Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Drug-induced lung disease
- Emphysema
- Exercise-induced asthma
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer
- Occupational lung disease
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- Pleural effusion
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary nodules
- Pulmonary embolism
- Sarcoidosis
- Sinusitis
- Sleep disordered breathing
- Tuberculosis
- and many moreā¦
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Some patients may require diagnostic tests which may be performed in the office or at other locations.
Office services:
- Oximetry
- Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)
- Six Minute Walk Test
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Off-site services &
procedures:
- Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
- Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Thoracentesis
- Chest tube placement
- Exercise physiology
testing
- Sleep studies
- Right heart catherization
- Chest x-ray
- Chest CAT(CT) scan
- PET scan
- VQ scan
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