Breathe Easier with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints Pulmonary and Respiratory Care
If you experience chronic or occasional lung issues due to environment, disease, related medical issues and surgery, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints can help. Our pulmonary specialists offer a variety of outpatient and inpatient services, including the direct care and management of critically ill patients in the medical intensive care unit.
In addition to pulmonary specialists, our team also includes critical care medicine specialists, surgeons, pulmonary/respiratory therapists and expert nursing staff to help restore or maintain your quality of life. Our clinical specialties include diagnosis and treatment of:
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]
- Emphysema
- Interstitial lung disease (lung fibrosis)
- Lung cancer
- Lung nodules
- Pneumonia
- Primary pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary thromboembolic disease (pulmonary emboli)
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Respiratory failure
- Tuberculosis and atypical tuberculosis
All Saints pulmonary diagnostics
The pulmonologists at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints evaluate and manage pulmonary vascular diseases and provide the following pulmonary testing services on an outpatient basis. We also offer these if you are hospitalized and if these tests are appropriate for your specific condition and treatment plan.
- Arterial blood gas analysis
- Bronchoscopy
- Pulse oximetry
- Pulmonary function testing
- Lung volume
- Methacoline challenge
- Spirometry, including use of bronchodilator
All Saints pulmonary medicine
Respiratory care services are provided 24/7 in the emergency room, intensive care unit and acute care areas. Our critical care medicine physicians and clinical teams provide support through these “bedside” procedures:
- Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
- Placement of catheters into large central veins or arteries
- Thoracentesis - minimally invasive procedure to remove fluid between the lung and chest wall for testing to determine cause of fluid build-up
- Ventilation
Our pulmonologists and surgeons also perform the following minimally invasive and traditionally invasive procedures at All Saints:
- Bronchoscopy – a test to view airways and detect lung disease that may be done through minimally invasive or traditional surgery. This procedure may also include a thoracotomy (surgery to remove lung tissue) or mediastinoscopy (scoping the area between the lungs)
- Tracheostomy - a minimally invasive surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the trachea
- Ventilation – invasive and non-invasive
All Saints pulmonary rehabilitation
Living with a breathing problem is not easy, but the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at All Saints can help. Our program specialists in the treatment of pulmonary issues in adults as a result of:
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Emphysema
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Lung surgery
- Occupational lung disease
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Sarcoidosis
- Any other chronic lung disease
Upon referral by your physician to the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, we will meet with you to see how we can help. Our work includes not only chronic pulmonary diseases, but also recuperation and recovery after surgeries in which your lung function may be diminished and needs improvement.
Pulmonary rehabilitation can help you:
- Improve your energy levels
- Be more active
- Reduce breathlessness and other troublesome symptoms
- Prevent hospitalizations
- Learn about oxygen and other home equipment
- Understand how medications, diet, airborne irritants and stress all affect breathing
To make an appointment with pulmonary rehabilitation, call (262) 687-4789.
Our pulmonary/respiratory care team
Our expert staff includes pulmonologists and respiratory therapists, with consults from physical and occupational therapists, dietitians and behavioral therapists as needed. We work closely with your primary care physician.