Diagnosis
- Obtain sputum samples
- Perform Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) to determine lung function/impairment
- Study disorders of people with disruptive sleep patterns like Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Treatment
- Utilizing various types of highly sophisticated equipment to administer oxygen or to assist with breathing
- Employing mechanical ventilation in treating patients who cannot breathe adequately on their own
- Monitoring and managing therapy that will help a patient recover lung function
- Administering medications in aerosol form to help alleviate breathing problems and to help prevent respiratory infections
- Maintaining a patient’s artificial airway, one that may be in place to help the patient who can’t breathe through normal means
- Educating the patient about their disease process and treatments their physician has prescribed
