Pulmonary Wellness Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
The Pulmonary Wellness Center at Pennsylvania
Hospital works to reverse the physical and psychological
aspects of respiratory disease through accurate
diagnosis, therapy, emotional support, and education.
We offer a full range of pulmonary rehabilitative
services that enable you to actively participate
in your care. Our program is tailored to your
individual diagnosis and needs. The objectives
of the program are to:
- control and alleviate the symptoms and complications
of respiratory impairment
- educate you on how to
resume normal daily activities
- restore you
to the highest possible functional level
given your disease process and overall
life situation
- address the psychological and
physical aspects of everyday living with
respiratory disease
through monthly support group meetings
The
following conditions are appropriate for
pulmonary rehabilitation:
- Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- COPD
- Asthma
- Asthmatic bronchitis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Restrictive
Pulmonary Disease
- Interstitial fibrosis
- Rheumatoid pulmonary
disease
- Collagen vascular disorders
- Pneumoconioses
- Sarcoidosis
- Kyphoscoliosis
- Severe obesity
- Poliomyelitis
- Other Conditions
- Pulmonary vascular disease
- Lung resection
- Occupational or environmental
lung diseases
- Lung reduction surgery
For additional information
visit the pulmonary
medicine web site.
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