Pulmonology & PFT
Life is measured by the number of breaths we take. But when we have a problem in our respiratory track, every breath becomes an effort. Even small tasks like climbing a staircase or taking a walk may become painful. This is where pulmonologists (lung specialists) step in to take care of our lungs at the centre point of our breathing.
Our Pulmonologists with great clinical expertise, experience and state of art equipment, help in a perfect diagnosis and treat various ailments like bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, lung fibrosis, pneumonia, lung cancer and respiratory emergencies like ARDS / acute asthma/ hemoptysis (large quantity of blood in sputum), etc
Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy is an endoscopic procedure to examine the breathing tubes from inside. A bronchoscope, which is a thin, flexible tube, is inserted in nose or the mouth and passed down from the throat to the airways. It has a light and a camera.
Our paediatrics department is run by ahmedabads one of the best hospital namely "APPLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL"
It helps the pulmonologist:
- To rule out cancerous tumours in the lungs
- To obtain secretions to diagnose an infection and get samples for cultur
- To remove foreign bodies from breathing tubes
- As a therapy for removing thick secretions when patient can not cough out