Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine

Pulmonary critical care, or critical care medicine, is a specialized field of emergency medicine that focuses on patients suffering from injuries and diseases of the respiratory or pulmonary system, which includes the lungs, trachea, diaphragm, and related structures.

For patients with life-threatening pulmonary conditions, critical care services and critical care pulmonologists are vital to every step of the process, from the initial assessment to diagnosis and treatment. Because so many of these pulmonary conditions affect all of the other parts of the body, a patient with cystic fibrosis may experience a complication that requires surgery on a seemingly unrelated part of the body. For any general health issue the patient has, critical care pulmonologists remain present and involved, to assure the respiratory health of the patient.