Pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases of the respiratory tract and respiratory disease. It is called as chest medicine or respiratory medicine which often involves evaluation of the upper respiratory tract (nose, pharynx and throat) as well as the lung.

Due to increasing urbanization, pollution is also increasing and the incidence of smoking is on the rise. This leads to an increased rate of people suffering from lung diseases.

Fortunately, outlook for people with this disease has been improving, due to more awareness, newer diagnostic modalities and more effective medical treatments.

ARTH SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL ICU - Pulmonary Medicine department deals with all kind of lung problems from simple to complex. It deals primarily with following diseases:

Our services also include:

• Allergic rhinitis
• Bronchial asthma – from simple to resistant Asthma
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Pulmonary tuberculosis – simple, MDR and XDR TB
• Interstitial lung diseases
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pneumonia – simple as well as serious pneumonia
• Occupational lung diseases
• Pleural diseases
• All kind of critically ill patient with respiratory problems
• Lung cancer
• Snoring and sleep apnea syndrome
• Any other rare, undiagnosed and complicated lung disease

Procedure / Facilities Available:

• PFT-Basic as well as advanced PFT which is essential for early diagnosis of lung diseases Interventional
• Bronchoscopy Center-It is one of best centers for bronchoscopy in India. Our doctors have extensive experience of bronchoscopy. They are also very good at interventional procedures like Transbronchial biopsy
• Medical Thoracoscopy- ARTH SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL & ICU is one of the few centers where medical thoracoscopy with rogid thoracoscope is performed for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes.
• Sleep Laboratory-ARTH SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL & ICU have the technologically best in segment sleep laboratory for diagnosis of sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
• Routine Pulmonary Procedures –Intercostal drainage tube insertion, Pleural fluid aspiration and pleurodesis
• Pulmonary Critical Care – ARTH SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL ICU is first of its type in GUJARAT with very low infection rate and very good survival rate for pulmonary critical care Patients due to unique negative & positive pressure technology availability
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Our pulmonary rehabilitation programme is specially designed for increasing the lung capacity of advanced lung diseases.