Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates

Pulmonary Disease Medicine

Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates is a Pulmonary Disease Medicine practice in Florence, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, preventing, and treating diseases of the respiratory system. Pulmonary Disease Doctors at Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates perform treatment of infectious, structural, inflammatory, cancerous, and autoimmune respiratory disorders. Pulmonary Disease Medicine is a medical specialty centered on diagnosing and treating health problems related to the respiratory system. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pulmonary Disease Medicine practices include asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, interstitial lung disease, occupational lung disease, pneumonia, obstructive sleep apnea, lung cancer, and bronchiectasis. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pulmonary Disease Medicine practices include x-ray, CT, and MRI diagnostic imaging, chest fluoroscopy and ultrasound, pleural biopsy, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, sleep studies, pulse oximetry testing, and asthma testing.

An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.

Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates is a Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner practice in Florence, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in rapidly assessing a patient's condition and intervening with immediate treatment, constantly monitoring patients with highly unstable physical conditions, as well as providing emotional support to gravely ill patients and their families. Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioners at Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates perform basic life support and advanced cardiac life support, as well as mental, emotional, and physical stress support. Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner is the care of critically ill or injured patients. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner practices include trauma, organ failure, accidents, acute illness, or emergency heart surgery recovery. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner practices include ordering diagnostic tests, monitoring vital signs, treating wounds, administering medication, assisting physicians, and advocating for patients.

Sleep Medicine

Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates is a Sleep Medicine practice in Florence, SC with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in disorders related to patient sleeping patterns and sleep quality. Sleep Medicine Doctors at Mcleod Pulmonary And Critical Care Associates perform sleep quality testing, clinical condition assessment, sleep studies, and behavioral therapy. Sleep Medicine is a medical specialty focused on identifying sleep disorders and relieving pain, distress, and illness related to those disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Sleep Medicine practices include REM behavior disorder (RBD), sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, sleep apnea, insomnia, recurring nightmares, shift work disorder, circadian rhythm disorders, teeth grinding (bruxism), night terrors, bedwetting, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and restless legs syndrome (RLS). Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sleep Medicine practices include physical examination, sleep studies, polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing, actigraphy, mental health evaluation, prescribing medication, and referral to other specialists as necessary.

An Internist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.