Pulmonary care at Methodist Hospital Northeast

Having difficulty breathing or suffering from a chronic lung condition can be frightening. At Methodist Hospital Northeast, our pulmonologists and other lung experts provide comprehensive and effective pulmonary care to address and treat your respiratory problems. To help our patients breathe comfortably again, we give you access to lung function tests, sleep medicine and critical care services – just to name a few.

We also have a designated sleep center with highly trained sleep specialists. The Center for Sleep at Northeast Methodist Hospital primarily diagnoses and treats narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea, but it can also provide care for a variety of other sleep disorders including insomnia, parasomnia and more.

For more information about our pulmonary services, call Methodist Hospital Northeast at (210) 757-7000.

Pulmonary diagnoses and conditions

Methodist Hospital | Northeast offers a full spectrum of pulmonary services that diagnose and treat the following conditions:

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Cystic fibrosis
• Bronchiectasis
• Severe laryngitis
• Respiratory distress/failure
• Wheezing
• Asthma
• Lung diseases
• Atelectasis
• Sleep apnea
• Difficulty breathing

Pulmonary services and procedures

We are proud to offer innovative and advanced pulmonary treatments, including:

• Bronchodilator therapy
• Chest physiotherapy
• Volume expansion therapy
• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)
• Mechanical ventilation