Pulmonary

Pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing.

Conditions We Treat:

• Asthma

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

• Bronchitis/chronic cough

• Lung cancer (including lung cancer screening with low dose CT scans)

• Acute and chronic respiratory failure

• Pulmonary hypertension

• Narcolepsy

• Lung infections

• Interstitial lung disease/lung fibrosis

• Tobacco smoking cessation

Our specialists collaborate with multiple specialties to provide highly specialized and compassionate care for patients with lung cancer including working with thoracic surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, pathology and interventional radiology. Our specialists also have close ties to the University of Washington to provide localized care of highly complex lung problems including cystic fibrosis, pre-lung transplantation evaluation, post-lung transplantation care, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension.

Our comprehensive pulmonary function test laboratory has state-of-the-art equipment that allows for accurate lung function measurement by a certified respiratory therapist. Services provided include complete pulmonary function testing, Methacholine challenge testing, six-minute walk testing of oxygen saturation during walking, arterial blood gas (ABG) testing, alpha-1 antitrypsin testing, overnight oxygen saturation testing, and education/demonstration on inhaler use techniques.

Services We Provide:

• Diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy

• Endobronchial ultrasound

• Pulmonary function laboratory

• Critical care in the ICU at the Central Campus of Confluence Health Hospital

• Pulmonary rehabilitation program at the Central Campus of Confluence Health Hospital

• Low-dose CT scan screening for lung cancer

• Inhaler use demonstration and education