Pulmonary medicine is also sometimes called pulmonology which is the science concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs. This is a branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs.
ICU procedures performed by Tuscaloosa Lungs, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists
- Intubation
- Bronchoscopic intubation
- Cryotherapy and APC for airway bleeding
- Foreign body removal
- Rigid bronchoscopy
- ARNDT Airway Blocker placement
- Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Chest tube insertion
- Pleurx catheter
- Ultrasound guided procedures
- Arterial line
- Central line
- Thoracentesis
- Dialysis catheters
- Pleurodesis
- Hemodynamic evaluation and fluid status assessment
- Critical care echocardiography
- Lung ultrasound
- Code status discussions
- Palliative or comfort care
Protocols developed by Tuscaloosa Lung, Critical Care & Sleep Specialists
- Sedation
- Ventilator
- Weaning and extubation
- Sepsis
- Targeted temperature
- Prone positioning
- Acute kidney injury
- Rescue sepsis (vitamin C, thiamine, hydrocortisone)
- Intra-abdominal compartment syndrome