Bronchoscopy is a test that allows your doctor to examine your airways. It is performed with the help of an instrument called bronchoscope. Bronchoscope is a tube like instrument made of flexible fibre optic material with a light source and camera on the end. It is passed through your nose or mouth into the windpipe, under Local Anaesthesia. It allows your doctor to see the abnormality in the airways or the lungs and if needed, take a biopsy for pathological examination. It is done by a Chest physician. It is a safe procedure, lasts less than 30 minutes and yields lot of information. The patient is usually able to go home after few hours.
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Bronchoscopy
Investigative Procedures
Bronchoscopy
Sometimes this procedure is used to carry out treatment in cases of obstructed air passages by creating a passage for breathing (by electric current or laser or cryotherapy) or to put a stent across the obstruction to keep it permanently open.
A medical investigative procedure is a kind of medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, and determine a course of treatment. It is related to clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, and the procedures are typically performed in a medical laboratory.
Various Investigative Procedures
- Bronchoscopy
- Chest X-Ray
- CT Scan
- E-Bus
- PET Scan
- Pulmonary Function Test
- Sputum Examination
- Thoracoscopy
- Thoracotomy
- Ultrasound or CT Scan Guided Biopsy
What is Lung Care Foundation?
Founded in 2015, Lung Care Foundation is a registered not for profit organization looking after Indian Lungs.
It has endeavoured to raise awareness to on Lung Health & awakens citizens towards actions with its committed campaigns on ‘Care & Cure for 2.6 Billion Lungs’ in India.
It plans to achieve its vision through 3 broad verticals:.
AWARENESS
On increasing incidence of Lung Health Related Diseases and their right and timely treatment including severe ill-effects of Air Pollution on Lung health. Creating awareness amongst the masses (including students) about Lung Health and the factors which promote/ destroy it. It is achieved by a series of mass contact programmes utilising all available means i.e. Print media, Electronic Media, Social Media as well as direct contact programs.
CLINICAL CARE
Through health check-up camps, awareness videos and material on patient health and setting up a nationwide network of trained lung health providers. The foundation plans to fill in the gaps currently in society for delivering state of the Art Lung Health Care, Connecting Patients to care givers and setting up services where needed.
RESEARCH
We plan to conduct research in the field of Lung Health specific to the Indian population to help understand trends and empower doctors and people for prevention and cure of Lung Diseases and provide the required data for Policy interventions.
We continue to work on us towards our vision through collaboration with Schools, RWAs, PSUs, Healthcare Providers, Corporate Houses, Start-Ups & Other Healthcare professionals to make maximum impact and work towards the
“Care & Cure of 2.6 Billion Lungs of India”.
