Proper diagnosis of this chronic lung disease ensures that with an effective treatment plan is in place, you will be able to manage your condition and your quality of life will improve.
The determination of how the lungs are affected when they are unable to expel air properly during exhalation. These include other lung diseases, such as asthma, bronchiectasis, and emphysema.
The determination of chronic lung conditions that limit the ability of a person’s lungs to expand during inhalation. These are treatable with medication and exercise regime.
This is an evaluation of how a patient's respitory system is affected by environmental and occupational factors with a view to examination, study, testing and the required management with treatment.
A 30 minute testing using the spirometer to measure how much air you can breathe into your lungs and how
much air you can quickly blow out of your lungs.
A 15 minute test to determine how much air is in your lungs after you take in a deep breath, and how much air is left in your lungs after breathing out as much as you can.
Bronchoscopy involves placing a thin tube-like instrument called a Bronchoscope through the nose or mouth and down into the airways of the lungs. The tube has a mini-camera at its tip, and is able to carry pictures back to a video screen or camera.
A sub-maximal exercise test used to assess aerobic capacity and endurance. The distance covered over a time of 6 minutes is used as the outcome by which to compare changes in performance capacity.
This involves key tests that can be helpful in diagnosing or monitoring lung disease. Tests may include pulse oximetry, blood gas test, long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) assessment and/or hypoxic challenge (fitness-to-fly) test.
The hypoxic challenge ("fitness-to-fly test") simulates the conditions inside the cabin of an aeroplane during a flight. By breathing reduced levels of oxygen during the test, (just as you would on a plane) will determine if oxygen is needed necessitating a prescription.
For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exercise capacity is used to determine a baseline or starting point for treatment. Exercises like the Six Minute Walk Test are used to measure aerobic capacity and endurance.
By the use of allergy tests, it can be used to determine if the source of breathing disorders is linked to that. In turn, careful assessment is needed for effective allergy care.
We also provide other counseling, therapies and treatments that contribute to improving our patients overall health allowing them to enjoy happier, healthier, more productive lives.
Intensive care or critical care relies on the expertise of intensivists to provide a higher level of medical support and monitoring (in the Intensive Care Unit) to patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening.
Broadly speaking, this is the delivery of fluids directly into the vein and involve IV or Intravenous Infusion (drips), syringe injections and portable electronic pumps. This may be used for fluid volume replacement, to correct electrolyte imbalances, to deliver antibiotics and medications, and for blood transfusions.
This is the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients using digital telecommunications technology in real-time that usually necessitates live audio/video over a fast and stable Internet connection.
Patients and Doctors communicate using an Internet browser application or specific web site or using a specified Smartphone App at an agreed date and time.