Ranked #2 in the US for pediatric respiratory disorders by U.S. News & World Report ... Learn more   Texas Children's Pulmonary Medicine Clinic ranks among the nation's top three pulmonary services, according to Child magazine's 2007 survey.

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This clinic's pediatric pulmonologists provide care for a wide range of respiratory disorders in addition to asthma and cystic fibrosis.

The clinic sees patients with:

• acute, chronic or recurring upper or lower respiratory infections
• congenital malformations of the respiratory system
• acute or chronic lung injury (e.g., bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis)
• control of breathing disorders (e.g., apnea of prematurity, sleep apnea)
• acute life-threatening episodes
• pulmonary aspiration from neuromuscular disorders or gastroesophageal reflux
• chest wall or respiratory muscle disorders (e.g., respiratory complications of scoliosis or muscular dystrophy)
• pulmonary complications of immunodeficiency, chemotherapy or congenital heart disease and patients with chronic respiratory failure

The clinic has a special interest in the technology-dependent child and can assist in the home management of patients requiring ventilation, tracheotomy, oxygen and/or apnea/bradycardia monitoring. The clinic has a team who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension as well as a diagnostic lab.

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