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Lung Health

Lung Care at Livingston Regional Hospital

Serving the Upper Cumberland Region

Livingston Regional Hospital provides diagnostic, preventive and treatment services for diseases that affect breathing and lung function. The pulmonary team focuses on the health of the respiratory system, using procedures such as bloodwork, bronchoscopy (a procedure that allows a doctor to look directly at the lungs using a thin, lighted tube), chest X-rays, CT scans, pulmonary function tests including spirometry. The team can diagnose chronic lung disease and help guide a treatment plan appropriate for your respiratory condition. They work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary group of specialists, including cardiologists, interventional radiologists, a pulmonologist, surgeons and other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care for conditions such as:

  • Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Asbestos-related lung disease
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Emphysema
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung nodules
  • Occupational lung diseases
  • Pneumonia
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Respiratory failure
  • Sarcoidosis (a condition that causes your immune system to overreact and produce lumps or nodules)
  • Sleep disorders
  • Other pulmonary-related diseases

Next Steps

Find a Doctor

A physician that specializes in lung function is called a pulmonologist. Find one here.

SEARCH DOCTORS

Take a lung health risk assessment

Answer a few questions to determine your level of risk for lung health issues, including lung cancer.

LUNG HEALTH RISK

Take a sleep apnea risk assessment

Determine your level of risk for sleep apnea – when breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep.

SLEEP APNEA RISK

Breathing Treatment Services

Doctor showing couple xray of chest

Our pulmonary specialists provide inpatient and outpatient breathing treatment services, including:

  • Arterial blood gas sampling and analysis
  • Bronchial hygiene therapy
  • Evaluation for home care needs, including patient education, and referrals for oxygen and respiratory therapy equipment
  • Lung function studies
  • Oxygen studies, including nighttime, exercise and resting studies

Whatever your respiratory disease or issue, the team at Livingston Regional wants to help you better manage your condition so you can do the things you want to do.

Breathe well. Live well.
That’s why we’re here.

Learn more about our pulmonary services and expert respiratory care or schedule an appointment. Call 931.823.4016.