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