Fibrosing Alveolitis: Diagnostic in Cologne - Germany
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Department of Pulmonology
The Department of Pulmonology offers the full range of modern medical services to patients with respiratory diseases. The medical facility has well-equipped diagnostic rooms where patients can undergo pulmonary function tests, imaging tests of the chest organs, and endoscopic examinations. The department’s specialists have unique experience in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, interstitial lung disease, infectious lesions of the respiratory system, and pleural diseases. In addition, the department's doctors specialize in the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders (special focus on the care of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea) and long-term non-invasive ventilation. The department has state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, ensuring the recovery of patients even in the most complex clinical cases. The department annually admits more than 2,100 inpatients, and a large number of people receive consultations on an outpatient basis.
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Pulmonology
The Department of Thoracic Surgery and Pulmonology provides medical care to patients with diseases of the respiratory system and chest, except for heart pathologies. Cancer treatment is one of the priority areas of the department's clinical practice. The medical facility is certified as the Lung Cancer Center and the Pleural Mesothelioma Center by the German Cancer Society (DKG). The department also admits patients with benign lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary emphysema, bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension. The department's diagnostic options include laboratory tests, instrumental examinations, pulmonary function tests, and bronchoscopic procedures. The range of therapeutic services includes drug therapy, endoscopic procedures, laser treatment methods, and sparing surgical interventions using the VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) technique. Medical care is provided both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. During the therapeutic process, doctors strictly follow current clinical protocols, thereby ensuring the high effectiveness and safety of treatments.
Department of Cardiology
The Department of Cardiology specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Believing that the best treatment is prevention, the department's medical team places great emphasis on check-up to identify cardiac risks and their timely elimination. The department has excellent state-of-the-art equipment for assessing the function and anatomical structure of the heart. The medical facility performs echocardiography, electrocardiography (24-hour ECG monitoring and resting and exercise ECG), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac catheterization, and functional diagnostics. The department has its own laboratory for basic tests. The therapeutic capabilities of the medical facility include drug therapy and interventional catheter-based procedures with a special emphasis on percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with stenting. The physicians of the department are guided by current clinical protocols and adhere to the recommendations of the German Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology.
