Respiratory Disease

SGS has a great deal of experience in pulmonary diseases with 37 trials performed since 2003 and involving 900 healthy subjects and patients in various respiratory diseases, e.g. asthma, COPD, ARDS and cystic fibrosis.

In addition, the following methods are available at SGS for the assessment of the Respiratory function:

• Lung Function Lab
• Spirometry
• Lung volumes (Body box, Helium)
• Diffusion capacity of the lung for CO (DLCO): Single, multiple breath
• Airway resistance (Body box, Occlusion techniques)
• Arterial blood gas
• Exercise testing
• Control of breathing (Hypercapnic ventilatory response, HCVR)
• Exhaled NO
• Breath condensate & inflammatory mediators
• Electrocoagulation
• Endoscopy unit
  • Video bronchoscopy
  • Endobronchial ultrasound
  • Autofluorescence
  • Laser/stent
• Polysomnographic unit
  • 5 + 3 beds in-hospital
  • 2 ambulatory units (with full PSG)
  • Screening units
• Special evaluation skill for Sleep related sleeping disorder (SRBD)
  • Measurements of upper airway closing pressure
  • Measurement of upper airway impedance by FOT