Respiratory Medicine
Key Highlights
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Focuses primarily of diseases of thorax and lung
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Consists of an out-patient department and a 40-bedded in-patient department
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Adequate oxygen & non-invasive ventilator support for hypoxic patients
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Provision for isolation of patients with communicable infectious diseases
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RNTCP services available for registration and initiation of anti-tuberculosis treatment
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We train under-graduate and Post-graduate to tackle respiratory emergencies and to treat various pulmonary diseases
About Respiratory Medicine
The Department of Respiratory Medicine was started in the year 2011 which specializes in preventing, diagnosing and treating disorders of tuberculosis, lung malignancy, interstitial lung disease, obstructive airway disease, lung infections
In department we perform various diagnostic and minimally invasive bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy procedures.
What’s New? Constantly growing expertise
Respiratory Medicine
Standard operating protocols (SOPs) have been developed for fiber optic bronchoscopy room
Respiratory Medicine
Pulmonary function testing & DLCO are done on all the days.
Respiratory Medicine
Isolation wards with negative suction for Sputum positive patients
Respiratory Medicine
Negative suction MDR room
Treatments
Asthma & allergy | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) | Pneumonia | Pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis |
Interstitial lung diseases | Occupational lung diseases | Sleep disordered breathing | Bronchoscopy guided endobronchial biopsy |
Department Extension
2398
Our Doctors
Additional Information
Diagnostic Services
- Diagnostic fibreoptic bronchoscopy
- Overnight sleep study and pressure titration study
- Pulmonary function testing
- Diagnostic thoracoscopy for pleural diseases
- Sputum for mycobacterial diagnosis
Equipment
- Flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope
- Polysomnogram
- Medical thoracoscope
- Video assisted bronchoscope
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment
- Average volume assured pressure support (AVAPS) equipment
- Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) equipment
- Spirometer with DLCO facility
- Intelligent volume assured pressure support (IVAPS) equipment