Pulmonary Function Lab

Location	2nd Floor, MRC
For Appointment	022-22067676  Extn. 382
Dept. Timings	9 am to 5 pm
List of Consultants	Dr. Amita Nene Dr. Kapil Salgia Dr. Pratibha Singhal Dr. Shyam Sunder Tampi Dr. Sujeet K. Rajan

The chest medicine department offers a host of services to patients as follows:

Pulmonary Function Laboratory

Located on the second floor of MRC building offers

• Spirometry
• Lung volumes
• DLCO studies
• 6 min walk test
• Bronchoprovocation Test with histamine Challenge

Sleep Lab

2 State of art 36 Channel Polysomnography Machines are available for conducting sleep studies, CPAP titration and MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST. 2 well trained technicians perform these tests.

These help diagnose a variety of sleep related disorders.

• Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome
• Central sleep apnea
• Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
• Narcolepsy
• Restless leg syndrome
• Idiopathic hypersomnolence
• Other parsomnias

Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy suite situated on the second floor MRC building has a dedicated Nurse and Ward boy, houses 2 adult Video and one thin scope offering

• Diagnostic bronchoscopy for various conditions like non resolving pneumonia, suspected tumors, hemoptysis, etc.
• Therapeutic bronchoscopy for FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL, BALLOON BRONCHOPLASTY AND ELECTOCAUTERY FOR BENIGN GRANULOMAS AND TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENOSIS
• PEDIATRIC SCOPY – diagnostic and therapeutic.
• LARYNGOSCOPY – evaluation of the vocal cords and voice box.
• THORACOCENTESIS ( PLEURAL TAPPING) DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC)

Respiratory Critical Care Services

Fully equipped ICU beds where invasive and Non invasive Ventilators are available to manage patients e.g.

• ARDS
• Severe community acquired pneumonias
• Acute exacerbations of COPD and Asthma
• Various Interstitial Lung diseases

Co Ordination with CT and Ultrasound Department for imaging guided drainage and biopsies.

Management of Pleural Disorders

• Diagnostic and therapeutic pleural aspirations
• Intercostal tube insertions, pig tail catheter drainage and thoracsopy.

DNB Programme for Postgraduate Training

Has a 2 yr old programme where 2 post graduates each year are trained for 3 yrs in various aspects of chest/ pulmonary Medicine.