Anti-neoplastic therapy

Pneumology section, integrated in Medicine Department, offers a specialistic hospitalization, even with beds equipped with multiparameter monitoring, and mechanical ventilators for invasive and non-invasive ventilation, working in team with Intensive Therapy ward. There also is a collaboration with a Respiratory Physical Therapist. A Respiratory Physiopathology Service is available, permitting complete functional diagnostics for simple or global spirometry both with gas dilution technique and with plethysmographic cabin, diffusion measurement, breathing pressure measurement and airway resistances, pharmacological bronchodilation test, methacholine bronchial challenge test, walk test, inhalant allergy test.

Interventional Pneumology Service permits to perform diagnostic, staging and therapeutic procedures with flexible and rigid bronchoscopy:

• Inspecting and diagnostic bronchoscopy with all withdrawal techniques, bronchial, trans-bronchial and lymph node, X-ray and ultrasound guided (EBUS)
• Rigid bronchoscopy for tracheobronchial unblocking with the help of lasers and argon-plasma and positioning of tracheal and bronchial prosthesis
• Advanced endoscopic therapeutic procedures, such as bronchial thermoplastics for asthma and endoscopic treatment for emphysema
• Chest diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as thoracentesis, placement of thoracic drains, chest ultrasound

All clinic activities and diagnostic, therapeutic and assistive pathways are made according to national and international guidelines, based on standards acknowledged by national and international scientific societies.