The Department of Respiratory Medicine was established in The Madras Medical Mission premises in the year 2013. The department provides the latest options in diagnosing and treating patients with lung diseases. It caters to the following comprehensive range of sub-specialty services.
• Allergy
• Airway Diseases
o Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Chronic Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV)
• Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
o Flexible bronchoscopy, transbronchial lung biopsy
• Interventional Pulmonology
o Thoracentesis, Intercostal drains, Pleuroscopy
• Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
o Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
• Pleural Diseases
• Pulmonary Function Laboratory
o Spirometry, 6-minute walk test
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Infections
• Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• Occupational Lung Diseases
• Sleep Disorders
- Services Offered
- Other Services/Speciality Clinics
- Faculty
- Equipments Available
- Academic and Research
- Conference Papers
Outpatient Department Services
Outpatient Department Services
The outpatient department (OPD) functions Monday to Friday starting 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. The procedures that are performed in the OPD include
1. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) Recording
2. Pulmonary Function Testing – Pre & Post Bronchodilator
3. Specialty Clinics (Asthma, Sleep clinic, COPD, Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
4. 6-Minute walk test
In-Patient Services
1. Wardadmissisons
2. Intensive Care Unit – 9 Beds with state-of-the-art bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)machine, ventilators and high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO)
3. Seeing cross-referral patients from other specialties
Procedures
1. Diagnostic Bronchoscopy, Bronchoalveolar Lavage, Brush Cytology, Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (TBNA), Endobronchial Biopsy, Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
2. Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
3. Pleural Aspiration – Therapeutic and Diagnostic
4. Intercostal Drainage
5. Thoracoscopy
6. Sleep Study – Level 1 Polysomnography with Video &Electroencephalogram (EEG)Recording
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Sleep Clinic
The department offers Domino Polysomnography with video & EEG recording (Level 1 study). Level 1 study is performed on adults with comorbid conditions including Neurological disorders, Cardiac problems, and Liver & Kidney diseases. We also perform Auto-CPAP and Manual CPAP titration.
Asthma Clinic
1. Bronchial asthma clinic functions on all Mondays and Thursday
2. Diagnosis with the help of spirometry pre & post bronchodilator tests
3. Patient counseling on inhalational techniques, diet modification and exercises
4. Check for compliance to devices
COPD Clinic/ Pulmonary Rehabilitation
1. COPD clinic functions on all Tuesdays and Thursdays
2. Patient counseling on inhalational techniques &giving awareness on COPD
3. Patient counseling on chest physiotherapy, importance of ACAPELLA Respirometer.
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|
S.No |
Equipment |
Numbers |
|
1 |
Fiberoptic video Bronchoscope – Pentax |
1 |
|
2 |
Fiberoptic Video Bronchoscope Adult (Olympus) |
1 |
|
3 |
Fiberoptic Bronchoscope (Pediatric) |
1 |
|
4 |
Pulmonary Function Test machine |
1 |
|
5 |
Arterial Blood Gas Machine |
2 |
|
6 |
Sleep Laboratory Equipment (Domino software) |
1 |
|
7 |
Peak Flow Meters |
3 |
|
8 |
Nebulizers |
1 |
|
9 |
Pulse Oximeter |
2 |
|
10 |
Cardiac Monitor |
1 |
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List of Publications:
1) Thangam Menon et al., Oral Microbiome in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2020 Sep, Vol-14(9): DM01-DM03.
2) Supraja K (2019) Effect of Peritoneal dialysis on the dynamic functions of the diaphragm. Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine. 4: DOI: 10.15761/PCCM.1000158.
3) ArunaShanmuganathan, Krishnaveni R, Meenakshi Narasimhan, Viswambhar V, Ragulan R, Nisha Ganga, Gangaiamaran M, SSJ Shiek Fareeth Ahmed. Evaluation of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Pregnancy in a South Indian Tertiary Care Centre. IAIM, 2017; 4(7): 61-66.
4) Ragulan R, Viswambhar V, Krishnaveni R, Meenakshi Narasimhan, Aruna Shanmuganathan, Nisha Ganga, Gangaiamaran M. Evaluation of platelet indices among patients with exacerbation of COPD in a tertiary care center in South India. IAIM, 2017; 4(7): 161-166.
5) Viswambhar V, Reddy GMM, Ragulan R, Meenakshi N, Aruna Shanmuganathan, Krishnaveni R. A cross sectional study on combined prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) and bronchial asthma (BA) among construction workers. IAIM, 2016; 3(5): 174-183.
6) K. Anand Babu, K. Supraja, and Raj B. Singh. Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatous: A Rare Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences 2014; Vol.56:259 – 262.
7) Anand Yuvaraj, Sanjeev Nair, Supraja Kalyanaraman, Georgi Abraham, Gayathri Ganesh. Importance of imaging and renal biopsy in a 85 year old male presenting with acute kidney injury. South Asian Journal of Nephrology, Urology and Transplantation. 2013; 1:73-74.
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ORAL
• Time to event analysis of VAP in patients undergoing cardiac surgery - won the ERS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD at APSR 2019 held at Vietnam Hanoi.
• Effect of Peritoneal dialysis on the dynamic functions of the diaphragm – Prof. Dr S.N. GAUR YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD, NAPCON 2018, Ahmedabad, India.
• “Assessing the changes in extra-vascular lung water in patients undergoing hemodialysis using ultrasound” – won the PS SHANKAR AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH category at NAPCON 2016 held at Mumbai, India.
• Oro – poster presentation on Screening for TB in patients undergoing hemodialysis at “The Indian Society of Organ Transplantation,” held at Chandigarh, Punjab, in October 2016.
POSTER
• CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS – Importance of Early Diagnosis and Management in case of Refractory Arrhythmias – A case series from tertiary care hospital in Chennai, NAPCON 2022, Varanasi
• Predictors of mortality in VAP following Cardiac Surgery – adult and pediatric (Abstract submitted to ERS 2017)
• Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Thromboembolism as Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia, NAPCON -2016, Mumbai
• Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Pregnancy – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY – OGCON 2015
• Correlation of PEFR with Gestational Age and Hemoglobin Status in Pregnancy,TAPPCON- 15, Chennai
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