Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
MESSAGE FROM HOD
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MOTO:

  1. To produce Skilled and Expert Medical Human Resources and to provide UpToDate state of Art service.
  2. To contribute to the national Health care Policy
Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra
Fellow, American College of Chest Physician Fellow, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
MD-Respiratory Medicine
Faculty members
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Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra
Fellow, American College of Chest Physician Fellow, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology MD-Respiratory Medicine
Head of Department
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Prof. Dr. Karbir Nath Yogi
MBBS, MD, FCCP
Faculty
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Dr. Hema Chand Thakuri
Md Internal Medicine, DM Pulmonary Critical care and Sleep Medicine Resident
DM Resident
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Dr. Sareen Shrestha
Md Internal Medicine, DM Pulmonary Critical care and Sleep Medicine Resident
DM Resident
About Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

We are dedicated to provide standard Care of Service to our Patients.

Respiratory complaints are the most common reason for patient visit to OPD or Emergency service.  FOUR out of Top Ten causes of death is related to respiratory diseases namely: COPD, Lung Cancer, Tuberculosis and Pneumonia. We have started DM pulmo critical care and sleep medicine training since 2021.

Our Services:
1. Out Patient care
2. In-Patient care
3. Well equiped and skilled ICU care
4. Pulmonary Function Tests: 
             I. Spirometry 
             Ii. DLCO
             III. Plethysmography 
             Iv. 6MWT,shuttle walk test
             V. Polysomnography

5. Bronchoscopy and Biopsy

6. Diagnostic Thoracentesis 
7. Therapeutic Thoracentesis 
8. Intercostal Chest Tube   Drainage
9. Pleurodesis
10. Intra Jugular line placement

We take care of Various Common and Rare Respiratory Diseases:
1. COPD
2. Bronchial Asthma 
3. Bronchiectasis 
4. Pneumonia, Lung Abscess, Empyema
5. Tuberculosis 
6. Sleep Apnea 
7. Interstitial Lung Diseases 
8. Cough, Difficulty in breathing, Blood in sputum, Chest pain Wheezing, Snoring etc.
9. Pleural Effusion, Pneumothorax 
10. Lung Cancer
11. Vasculitis-Churg Struss, Wegner etc.

Ongoing Studies:

  1. Effectiveness of Bronchoscope Utilization in Routine Respiratory Practice at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital.
  2. Profile of Respiratory Diseases in Patients Presenting to Respiratory Out-Patient Department Of Kathmandu Medical College.
  3. Prevalence of spirometry proven Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease among patients taking bronchodilator for their symptoms for chronic cough and dyspnea in tertiary care center.
  4. Diagnostic Value of Bronchoalveolar lavage in Sputum Negative Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

 

Activities in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

  1. What’s New in GINA 2024?

Speaker: Dr. Bishad Dahal

Moderator: Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra

                   Dr. Subash Pant

  1. All Wheeze is not Obstructive Airway Disease

Speaker:  Dr. Hema Chand Thakuri

Moderator: Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra

Organizer: Nepalese Respiratory Society

 

  1. Webinar on : Barriers and Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of ILD-Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in South Asia

Organizer American Thoracic Society

Moderator: Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra

Link: https://www.thoracic.org/members/assemblies/assemblies/cp/journal-club/barriers-and-challenges-in-diagnosis-and-management-of-ild-progressive-pulmonary-fibrosis-in-south-asia.php

 

  1. Clinical Dialogues & Practical Disclosure in Basic & Advanced Pulmonary Function Testing

Organizer: Joint Venture of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital and  B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

  1. Champoining Pneumococcal Vaccination in Adult

Speaker: Dr. Navin Kumar Mishra

6. Webinar : Vaccination in elderly