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Equipment :
· Fully equipped
with video Bronchoscope
· 4 spirometers for the out patient
services and inpatient’s and also
for health camps and also Methacholine tests.
· 8 Siemens Ventilators .
· 3 Non Invasive Ventilators .
· Bronchoscope for the ventilators
· Other support services , central
lines , percutaneous tracheostomy , bed
side bronchoscopies, Bi-level ventilation,
Titration, Sleep studies, Intercostal drainage
tubes, Pleural Fluid Aspiration , Thoracoscopy,
Pleurodesis etc.
· Pre-Operative Pulmonary Evaluation
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Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU)
:
The Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at MediCiti
Hospital is probably the only RICU among the private
hospitals in the state. It has been started in
the year 1995 and is managed 24 hours by Pulmonologists
and fully trained Respiratory Therapists.
Exclusive
Cell Phone : For any of your patients
admitted in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit,
to get more information all you need to do call
up Cell Phone No. 98495 61188.
This service is available 24
hours, you may also call this number to inform
the doctor if you are planning to send a patient
for admission.
Types of cases handled
in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit :
The department of pulmonary medicine
have been analyzing a variety of pulmonary diseases,
important among them are
1. Asthma
2. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
3. Interstitial Lung Diseases
4. Respiratory failure due to all lung diseases
5. Cardiac failure
6. Trauma
7. Poisoning
8. Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
9. Post Operative Respiratory Failure.
Special Clinics:
o Smoking Cessation
o Asthma Clinic
o Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Statistics:
The volume turned out by the department of Pulmonary
Medicine can be assessed by looking at the following
annual figures.
Inpatients : 1400
Out Patients : 1000
Bronchoscopies : 45
Spirometry : 328
NIV(BiPAP) : 118
Invasive Ventilation : 580
DNB Pulmonary Medicine
:
4 Seats Diplomate National Board in Pulmonary
Medicine recognized from the year 2004
Post Graduate Diploma
in Respiratory Therapy:
· 4 seats in Respiratory
Therapy Course, Post Graduate Diploma in Respiratory
Therapy for 2 years recognized in the 1997.
· Our Respiratory Therapists are employed
in addition to MediCiti Hospital and at all corporate
hospitals of Hyderabad.
Annual Review Lectures:
There will be 8 lectures by eight
speakers selected from all over the country to
give one hour lecture specially designed for Post
Graduates of Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine
and Anaesthesia catering to the entire Andhra
Pradesh, parts of Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra.
4th Annual Review Lectures is
being planned in the month of April 2005.
Annual Review Lectures in Critical
Care :
Annual Review Lectures is being run for the last
two years specially designed lectures (6 lectures)
by top experts of the country directed towards
doctors and specialists interested in Critical
Care including Post Graduates.
The third Annual Review Lecture
is being planned in November’2005 .
Academics:
· Oxygen Bubble every
Thursday 8 AM to 9 AM
· Faculty Talks of Pulmonary topics every
Monday 8 AM to 9 AM to discuss and interact on
interesting pulmonary topics.
· Audio Visual Session every Saturday 9
AM to 10 AM
Publications:
· Yellow Card
· Asthma Card
· Leaflet on Home Oxygen
· Leaflet on IPF
· (If you need any of these they can be
provided)
Future Issues:
· Home Care Team
· Medico Legal Cell
· Sports Medicine
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