Pulmonology

At Saudi German Hospital, our department of chest medicine is equipped to deal with all types of acute and chronic breathing problems. Our respiratory doctors work closely with the intensive care unit to ensure our patients are able to deliver oxygen and take away carbon dioxide from their bodies. The respiratory system includes lungs, trachea, bronchi and diaphragm and our experts diagnose all types of disorders including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and even sleep apnea syndrome. Saudi German Hospitals provide world-class care and are proud members of the prestigious Mayo clinic, ensuring our team of doctors are at the forefront of global ground-breaking research.

Services

Through monitoring, examination, and application of relevant medical techniques, our team is adept at providing patients with urgent as well as elective treatments including:

  • Infections
  • Diseases
  • Types of pneumonia

Patients may undergo a series of personalised examination using a mixture of state-of-the-art diagnostic tools:

  • Bronchoscopy
  • Spirometry
  • CT chest
  • USG chest
  • Pulmonary Angiography
  • Impedance Oscillometry
  • Diffusion capacity
  • Body plethysmography

Treatments

Treatments

The chest specialists are experts in alleviating issues in adults and children caused by:

  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Pulmonary Infection
  • Chronic cough
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Lung Cancer
  • Tuberculosis

Furthermore, it may be determined that our patients should undergo a Polysomnography to record the activity of the body during sleep. A visit to our Sleep Lab could include:

  • Full Polysomnography
  • Titration studies with CPAP / BiPAP
  • Multiple sleep latency test