Respiratory medicine
This department offers management of acute and chronic lung diseases by a team of trained and experienced physicians. The team effectively manages chronic pulmonary disorders like allergies, asthma and tuberculosis. Diagnostic modalities like pulmonary function testing and imaging help the consultants arrive at accurate diagnosis and apt treatment plan. The department caters to both outpatient and inpatient services well-supported by ICU.
Service offering include
- Evaluation and management of allergies
- Management of COPD and asthma
- Chronic cough
- Tuberculosis or a bacterial lung disease
- Cystic fibrosis (an inherited condition that causes a sticky secretion that can affect the airways often causing infection)
- Pulmonary vascular disorders (affecting the blood circulation of the lungs)
- Sleep disorders relating to breathing