Pulmonology

By Author: Kingsway Hospitals
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Patients at multispeciality hospitals have access to diverse expertise, resources, and treatments. Doctors of a specialty hospital are experienced and experts in their fields. In central India, Kingsway Hospitals have a completely specialized branch of pulmonary medicine. Kingsway Hospital’s Pulmonary Medicine department deals with all kinds of lung problems. Under the supervision of Dr. Vikram Rathi (Pulmonologist), the following state of the art facilities are available at Kingsway Hospitals under pulmonology:

Pulmonary Function Testing- This advanced Pulmonary function testing machine(Germany made) at KH can perform Diffusion Studies (DLCO) apart from spirometry. This kind of advanced machine helps to diagnose diseases like COPD, Asthma, ILD, etc at an early stage when routine spirometry is normal.

Fiber-optic Bronchoscopy:

Fiber-optic bronchoscopy, an Olympus video bronchoscope with ultra-clear vision with facilities of video recording and all kinds of bronchoscopic interventions. It is a procedure that allows examining the breathing passages (airways) of the lungs. It can be either a diagnostic ...
... procedure (to find out more about a possible problem) or a therapeutic procedure (to try to treat an existing problem or condition).

Sleep Laboratory:

Kingsway Hospitals' sleep laboratory is well equipped with the best equipment. It has got all respiratory and neuro channels available for recording. It is beneficial for the diagnosis of snoring, sleep apnea syndromes, Narcolepsy, Restless leg syndrome, and periodic limb movement disorder.

Allergy testing & Immunotherapy:

Kingsway Hospitals is the only corporate hospital where facilities for Allergy testing and Immunotherapy are available. Immunotherapy is the only disease-modifying treatment available for Allergic Rhinitis, and it is also helpful in many bronchial asthma patients.

Pulmonary Critical Care Unit:

Pulmonary critical care unit mainly deals with all kinds of critically ill patients like serious Pneumonia, Acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma and COPD, Acute Pulmonary embolism, ARDS, etc.

Pulmonary Interventions:

Many lung-conditions need some kind of minor or major surgical intervention, like, Intercoastal drain/Thoracoscopy-Medical, VATS/Open thoracotomy/etc. All these can be performed under one roof at KH.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation:

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a respiratory exercise program developed by Kingsway Hospitals and carried out by trained physiotherapy. It increases lung capacity and decreases symptom scope of various respiratory diseases like COPD, Asthma, ILD, etc.