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PULMONARY
AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
CLINCAL SERVICES
The
clinical activities of the Division encompass a broad range of acute
and chronic disorders of the lung as well as medical critical care.
Inpatient activities include supervision of the Medical Intensive
Care Unit and the pulmonary consultative team both at Hermann Hospital
and the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. Residents assigned to
the Medical Intensive Care Units work closely with the primary teams,
the pulmonary fellow, and attending physician to care for all of these
patients. Both of these services emphasize, in addition to routine
diagnosis and therapy, the pathophysiologic basis of disease and the
use of newer diagnostic techniques. There is also a consultative service
at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The clinical laboratories in the
Division include a pulmonary function laboratory, an exercise performance
laboratory, and a sleep laboratory. The emphasis of these laboratories
is on the invasive and noninvasive assessment of abnormal pulmonary
mechanics, disordered gas exchange, and pulmonary vascular disease.
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