Pulmonology - Sleep Disorders
Pulmonology is the medical speciality dealing with diseases involving the respiratory tract, including the upper respiratory tract, airways, and lungs. Sleep Disorders Medicine is a medical speciality dealing with conditions that affect our sleep.
Diagnosis and Treatment of:
-Asthma
-Central Sleep Apneas
-Chronic Cough
-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
-Dyspnea
-Hypersomnia
-Insomnia
-Lung Cancer
-Narcolepsy
-Obstructive Sleep Apneas
-Parasomnias (sleepwalking, sleep terrors, etc.)
-Periodic Limb Movements Syndrome
-Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
-Pulmonary Embolism
-Pulmonary Fibrosis
-Restless Leg Syndrome
-Smoking Addiction
Tests and Procedures:
-Allergy Skin Prick Tests
-Arterial Blood Gases
-Bronchoscopy
-Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
-Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO)
-Expired Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide Measurement
-Laboratory Sleep Studies
-Lung Volumes – Total Lung Capacity, Residual Volume
-Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)
-Maximum Inspiratory & Expiratory Pressures (MIP & MEP)
-Methacholine 5-breath Provocation Tests & Exercise Provocation Test
-Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
-Oximetry
-Portable Sleep Studies
-Spirometry pre & post Bronchodilation
-Titration of Non-Invasive Ventilation
