Pediatric Allergology & Pulmology
Diagnostics and treatment of
- infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract
- chronic cough
- acute bronchiolitis
- acute and chronic laryngitis / tracheitis
- acute and chronic bronchitis
- pneumonia
- asthma
- atopic and contact dermatitis
- acute and chronic urticaria
- GERD (as a comorbidity of asthma and allergic diseases)
- allergic rhinitis / rhinosinusitis
- congenital and acquired anomalies of the respiratory system
- chronic lung diseases
- immune disorders in pulmonary patients
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- allergy testing:
- skin prick test – inhalation, nutritional allergens, preservatives
- atopy patch test – nutritional allergy
- laboratory diagnostics of allergic and lung diseases:
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- total IgE antibiodies, spec. IgE antibiodies on inhalation, nutritional allergens and venom toxins, subclasses of IgG antibodies, antiHbS antibodies
- diagnosis of tuberculosis (bacteriological analysis of sputum, interferon – gamma – Quantiferon test)
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- pulmonary functional diagnostics:
- spirometry
- bronchodilation test
- inhalation therapy
- specific immunotherapy:
- sublingual
- subcutaneous
- advising parents and patients on the prevention of infections and allergies
- asthma school education
- respiratory physical therapy /respiratory drainage