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The Division of Pulmonary Medicine addresses lung diseases including: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD), asthma, lung cancer, pneumonias, inhalation of toxic agents and immunological diseases. Other aspects include sleep disorders, obesity and respiratory failure. An on-site Pulmonary Function Lab assesses lung function and oxygen levels in blood at rest and with exercise. The Division's intensivist program supervises patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
6701 North Charles Street, 3rd Floor
Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 443-849-2686
Fax: 443-849-2254
All services must be scheduled in advance, 24 hr notice is requested for outpatients.
- Pre-op Evaluation
- Spirometry, with or without pre/post bronchodilator evaluation.
- Bedside Spirometry
- Diffusing Capacity
- Lung Volumes
- Flow-Volume Loops
- Oximetry with exercise
- Outpatient Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
- To help diagnose and evaluate lung disease
- To determine the appropriateness and effectiveness of new and current treatments
- To measure how severely the lung is damaged
In addition, pulmonary function tests are important to assess the health of a person's lungs before chest surgery.
- Ventilation tests
- Arterial blood gas studies
- Eating a heavy meal or solid food for four to six hours
- Smoking for four hours
- Exercising for four hours
In addition, unless advised to do so by your doctor, you should not take any medication for four hours before the test.
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