Lung Health Experts: Respiratory Medicine

Respiratory medicine is a branch of specialisation that deals with diseases of the respiratory system such as asthma, pulmonary hypertension, sleep apnea and even infections and tumors.

Gleneagles Hospitals boasts a department dedicated to pulmonary and respiratory mediation and is fully equipped to help our patients recover for various types of breathing problems from acute to chronic.

Types of Conditions Treated

• Bronchial asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis/emphysema)
• Pneumonias (infections)
• Interstitial lung disease
• Occupation related respiratory diseases
• Sleep apnoea syndrome
• Diagnosis and staging of lung cancer
• Pulmonary embolism
• Chronic cough
• Bronchiectasis
• Haemoptysis (coughing blood)

Procedures

• Tube thoracostomy for pleural effusion and pneumothorax
• Needle thoracentesis for pleural effusion
• Ultrasound guided needle thoracentesis/tube thoracostomy
• Pleural biopsy
• Bronchoscopy: the department is equipped with a broncho videoscope for diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopies (foreign body removal)
• Testing for allergies

Diagnostic Tools Used

• Chest radiograph
• CT scan of chest (64 slice CT scanner)
• Pulmonary function test - spirometry
• Polysomnography for diagnosis of sleep related breathing disorders
• Chest ultrasound