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The pneumology centre at Paideia International Hospital in Rome deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment and follow-up of acute and chronic respiratory diseases. After the pneumological examination with the specialist, patients can undergo all required medical tests are for a complete diagnosis.
Main conditions treated by the Pneumology unit:
- Allergic asthma
- Sleep-related breathing disorders
- Inflammatory diseases such as laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and broncopneumonia, whether acute or chronic, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Sarcoidosis
- Lung cancer
Pneumology and Respiratory Pathophysiology: tests
- Specialist examination of respiratory pathophysiology
- Basal spirometry (flow/volume curve)
- Walk test
- Spirometry with lung volume study
- Body plethysmography
- Spirometry with bronchodilator test
- Spirometry with bronchodynamic reversibility test
- Methacholine challenge test
- Pulse oximetry
- Polysomnography (snoring and sleep apnoea study)
- Respiratory allergy tests (prick test)
- Chest ultrasound
Interventional respiratory pathophysiology
- Nasopharyngoscopy
- Sleep endoscopy
- Diagnostic bronchoscopy
- Operative bronchoscopy
- CT-guided needle lung biopsy
- Thoracoscopy / Pleuroscopy
- Pleurodesis
- Thermal ablation of lung tumours
- Endoscopic treatment of emphysema
- Treatment of bronchial asthma (thermoplastic material)
If the specialist detects the need for surgery, they may work in collaboration with a thoracic or cardiovascular surgeon. For further information on surgical techniques, see > thoracic surgery.
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