Services
SPIROMETRY
Spirometry is considered necessary:
- In patients with persistent cough
- In the context of preventive respiratory control and mainly in smokers over 40 years
- In patients who need to undergo surgery (preoperative examination)
- In people with wheezing episodes (wheezing or "kittens")
- In children, adolescents and older people with known or not allergies who suffer seasonally from coughing episodes
- In patients suffering from respiratory diseases in order to monitor the response to treatment
- In people who are involved in occupations harmful to the respiratory system (eg occupational bronchial asthma)
LABORATORY ASTHMA & COPD STUDY
- Asthma is a chronic condition of the respiratory system, which causes inflammation and narrowing of the bronchi (ie the mouths from which air enters the lungs).
- It is manifested by shortness of breath, cough, wheezing ("wheezing" or "kittens") or a combination of the above symptoms.
- It is a global health problem that affects about 300,000,000 people in the world while in our country about 500,000 people (children and adults).
COPD
- It is a group of chronic respiratory diseases that includes chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema.
In chronic bronchitis there is inflammation with the production of mucus in the bronchi, with the result that the patient (who is usually a smoker) develops a cough with expectoration for most days, three consecutive months and for two - In pulmonary emphysema, the lesion concerns the cell walls which are progressively destroyed while the architecture of the lung is disturbed, with the result that on exhalation the bronchi become too narrow and trap air which does not manage to be expelled.
- The common feature of chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema is the restriction of air flow in the bronchi, resulting in difficulty breathing
STOP SMOKING
- Informing the person concerned about the danger of smoking.
- Creating a relationship of trust and cooperation of the person in charge of the doctor's office with the person to be interrupted.
- Obtaining a history, clinical examination as well as examinations such as Chest X-ray and General Blood Tests (General Blood, Blood Sugar, Urea, TKE, Creatine, SGOT. SGPT, γ-GT, Na +, K +).
- Complete Functional Examination of Breathing and highlighting possible respiratory damage from smoking.
- Create a personalized interrupt schedule.
- Choice of medication or non-medication depending on the degree of nicotine dependence and the patient's medical history.
- Provide treatment initiation package with leaflet, instructions for taking nicotine or drug substitutes, diary of observations and date of next visit.
- Psychological support during the interruption program.
- Monitoring progress and discussing any personal difficulties at regular intervals
TB INVESTIGATION
- Mantoux dermal reaction, with which we control the contact of the person with the mycobacterium of tuberculosis
- Assessment of the chest x-ray
- Treatment of the disease with the appropriate medication
INVESTIGATION OF SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
The control of Sleep Apnea Syndrome during sleep is done by night recording in the patient's home (special portable recording device), with oximetry and capnography.
If there is an indication, the patient undergoes a multisomatographic sleep study.
OXYGEN THERAPY
Prescription through EOPYY oxygen therapy devices in patients with permanent respiratory failure, as well as nebulizing devices, for the use of their bronchodilators.
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT
- With the preoperative assessment the pulmonologist evaluates the degree of risk of a patient during and after a surgery (ie intraoperatively and postoperatively)
- Examination is necessary, especially for patients suffering from chronic respiratory diseases (obstructive and restrictive lung diseases)
- It is done mainly with the spirometry which is then used by the anesthesiologist in order to properly adjust the patient during the surgery.
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