The Pulmonology Department of Caritas Hospital offers a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive services for the management of respiratory diseases. The Department has an efficient team of highly experienced pulmonologists who offer protocol-based, multi-disciplinary treatment of patients of all ages. Effective treatment is provided for conditions such as recurring allergies, asthma, COPD, lung cancer, obstructive sleep apnoea and chronic ventilatory failure - especially those secondary to neuromuscular disorders.
The unit also offers specialized critical care for patients with acute respiratory conditions and respiratory failure. The other major services offered by the unit include:
Allergy Clinic
Spirometry
Diffusing Capacity of the Lungs for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO) Test
6 Minutes Walk Test
Sleep Study
Sleep Oxymetry
Lung Volume Estimation
Neuro Muscular Strength Testing
Domiciliary Care Services including Home Ventilation
CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) Therapy
LTOT (Long Term Oxygen Therapy)
Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
- EndoBronchial Biopsy
- Cryobiopsy for DPLDs
Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
- Tumour Debulking & Benign Strictures
- Rigid Coring
- Electrocautrey Snaring
- Balloon Dilatation
- Tracheo-bronchial Stenting
- Foreign Body Removal
- Aero-digestive Fistula Closure
- Haemoptysis management
- BPF Management
- Brachytherapy
Percutaneous Dilatation Tracheostomy
EndoBrochial UltraSound (EBUS)
- Mediastinal Node FNAC/FNAB
- Staging EBUS for Lung Cancer
- Peripheral Pulmonary Nodule (PPN) Evaluation
- Thin Scope + Radial EBUS + Fluroscopy
- EUS-B-FNA
Medical Thoracoscopy / Pleuroscopy
- Pleural Biopsy
- Forceps / Cryo Biopsy
- Adhesiolysis
- Mechanical / Chemical
- Pleurodesis
Pleural Drainage Procedures
- Indwelling tunnelled Pleural Catheter (IPC)
- Pig Tail Catheter
- Conventional ICD