Pulmonary Clinic
The lungs are one of the body's vital organs. They continuously perform their functions day and night. We breathe over 20,000 – 30,000 times per day. Changing environments with air pollution, whether from PM 2.5, car exhausts, or pollutants from the burning of agricultural fields, is adversely challenging to the lungs and increasing the risk of lung diseases.
Pulmonary diseases or lung and respiratory tract disorders usually manifest numerous symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, coughing, chest tightness, and coughing up blood-tinged phlegms. These symptoms can be signs of common lung conditions, such as asthma, emphysema, and tuberculosis, or more severe and complex ones, such as lung cancer or sarcoidosis, as well as infectious respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and seasonal influenza. Lung diseases are often asymptomatic. Once symptoms are apparent, it may be too late for treatment. Delayed treatment can significantly damage the lungs, causing long-term effects on a patient's life.
The Pulmonary Clinic at MedPark Hospital aims to provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic treatment for patients with respiratory and pulmonary diseases. Every step is proceeded carefully, from screening for risk groups to providing effective treatment, using state-of-the-art technologies for diagnosis and treatment. A negative-pressure examination room allows for clean air, preventing cross-contamination.
Why the Pulmonary Clinic at MedPark Hospital?
- Highly experienced specialist doctors certified by the American Board of Pulmonary Medicine lead the operation of the Clinic. From diagnosing the root causes to delivering efficient, expert care, our doctors plan each stage of treatment meticulously.
- A specialist doctor performs a thorough pulmonary function test, including a lung volume test, spirometry (using a spirometer), and DLCO.
- Our specialist doctors specialize in performing bronchoscopy for follow-up checkups of patients with lung diseases, lung cancer, interstitial, and infectious lung diseases.
- Screening for an early stage of lung cancer is accurately performed with the help of a Low-Dose CT Scan lung.
- Pulmonary and respiratory illnesses are highly contagious and require special care. Thus, negative-pressure examination rooms in the Pulmonary Clinic are constructed with a double-door entrance to keep the pressure inside the examination rooms lower than the rest of the hospital and prevent contaminated air from escaping into the building. High-efficiency filters also are installed to minimize the risk of spreading infections in the hospital.
Diseases and disorders
- Chronic cough
- Lung nodules
- Emphysema
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pleural effusion
- Lung cancer
- Pneumonia
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Bronchiectasis
- Asthma
- Tuberculosis
- Chest pain
- Interstitial lung disease
- Nicotine dependence
- Fungal lung infection
- Carcinoid tumors
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Post-covid lung disease
- Pulmonary embolism
- Mesothelioma
- Pulmonary sarcoidosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
- Pneumothorax
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
- Asthmatic bronchitis
- Childhood asthma
- Amyloidosis
Services and procedures
- Bronchoalveolar lavage
- Bronchoscopy
- Diagnostic bronchoscopy
- ECMO
- Lung cancer screening
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Pulmonary function test (PFT)
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Smoking cessation services
Specialties
A highly experienced team of specialist doctors
Apart from experience being a pulmonary specialist, every doctor at MedPark's Pulmonary Clinic is also an expert in caring for critically ill patients and has experience working in the ICU. They, therefore, are on hand to provide the most suitable treatment for patients with pulmonary and respiratory diseases at every stage of the treatment process.
Holistic approach for treatment of lung and respiratory diseases
- Starting with making a precise diagnosis, a team of specialist medical staff at the Pulmonary Clinic of MedPark Hospital is on hand to provide care and services for patients with respiratory disorders.
- Our expert doctors are available to guide inhaler usage and are skillful in using non-invasive ventilators.
- The Clinic treats every variation of lung disease, from mundane to complex pulmonary conditions, including bronchial disorders, infection-related pulmonary diseases, tissue-related pulmonary diseases, lung conditions originating from other organs, cancer-related pulmonary diseases, and pulmonary complications of other systemic diseases.
