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Respiratory Medicine

Respiratory Medicine

Objectives

  • To impart excellent learning opportunities to MBBS and Postgraduate students.
  • Render excellent and cost-effective patient services to all types of pulmonary diseases including advanced diagnostic services and treatment.
  • To support National Control Programs like NTEP (National TB Elimination Programme) and National AIDS Control Program (NACO).
  • To address the public health issues like COPD and Covid-19: To ensure cost-effective treatment, ensure good quality of life and occupational rehabilitation.
  • To support the Government in the management of victims of disasters.
  • To promote research among staff and students to the advantage of patient management and public health

Target Diseases with Expert Management

  • Airway diseases: Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis, Small airway diseases
  • Occupational Lung diseases
  • Interstitial Lung disease
  • Tuberculosis
  • Lung infections, pneumonia and Lung abscess
  • Pleural diseases – pleural effusion, pneumothorax, empyema etc.
  • Lung Malignancies
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Sleep disorders
  • Chest wall diseases
  • Covid-19 infections
  • Post-Covid syndromes and Post-Covid Lung disease

  • PFT/ SPIROMETRY
  • Sleep study with CPAP titration
  • Allergy skin prick test
  • Arterial blood gas analysis
  • Six minute walk test
  • BRONCHOSCOPY

  • Dedicated 30 bedded Pulmonology ward
  • Respiratory ICU: with full fledged monitoring and Ventilatory and Oxygen support
  • MDR-TB ward
  • Post-Covid ward

  • Pleural Procedures: pleural fluid tapping, Intercostal tube Insertion, Pig tail catheter insertion, Pleurodesis
  • CT/ultrasound guided lung mass FNAC/biopsy.
  • Bronchial artery embolisation
  • Bronchoscopic Procedures
    • * Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
    * Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and other pulmonary infections
    * Diagnostic work up of non resolving pneumonia, unexplained cough ,collapse.
    * Endobronchial and Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB)
    * Transbronchial needle aspiration(TBNA)
    * Evaluation and management of haemoptysis
    * Bronchoscopic foreign body removal, lung lavage diagnostic and therapeutic

  • COPD Clinic – all Tuesdays
  • Asthma and Allergy clinic –all Wednesdays
  • Sleep clinic – all Fridays
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation clinic –all Thursdays
    • (Served by Multi-disciplinary Team: Pulmonologist, Psychiatrist, respiratory therapist, dietician and trained nursing staff)
  • Treatment optimization
  • Exercise training
  • Health education
  • Psychological counseling
  • Breathing techniques
  • Nutritional counseling
  • Occupational counseling
  • Post-Covid Clinic- All Working days
    • (Comprehensive package: served by Pulmonologist, Physician, Cardiologist, Psychiatrist & Neurologist) Investigations included in the package: (Blood inflammatory markers, RFT, LFT, electrolytes, HRCT, Spirometry, Six minute walk test, ECHO, ECG, Autonomic Function test)

Meet Our Doctors

Dr. Pretty Radhakrishnan

SENIOR RESIDENT

MBBS, MD

Dr. Krishnan Rajendran

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

MBBS, MD, DNB

Dr. Zone Xavier Thaliath

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

MBBS, MD

Dr. Hemalatha V S

PROFESSOR & HOD

MBBS, MD
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