Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine

Pediatric pulmonologists have experience and qualifications to treat children from birth to 21 years old with breathing problems or a problem with his or her lungs.  Your pediatrician may refer your child to a pediatric pulmonologist for help with your child’s breathing problems.   They have the ability to communicate with children and their families to diagnose and treat the unique  childhood breathing disorders.

 

Joseph B. Rosen, M.D.

Pediatric Sleep Institute Plano

 

 

Required Training to become a Pediatric Pulmonologist:

Four years of medical school
Three years of residency training in pediatric medicine
Three more years of fellowship training in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine
Certification from the American Board of Pediatrics in both pediatrics and the subspecialty of pediatric pulmonology

 

 

Conditions treated by pediatric pulmonologists and sleep medicine specialists include:

    •    Asthma
    •    Reactive airway disease
    •    Wheezing
    •    Chronic cough
    •    Difficulty breathing
    •    Pneumonia
    •    Bronchitis
    •    Pediatric sleep disorders
    •    Snoring and noisy breathing
    •    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA, when a child’s breathing stops due to snoring and obstruction)
    •    Congenital lung malformations
    •    Cystic fibrosis (a genetic disease with lung and nutritional problems)
    •    Chronic lung disease of infancy
    •    Reflux-related lung disease
    •    Aspiration syndromes
    •    Bronchiolitis
    •    Home ventilation
    •    Respiratory dystrophies (muscular dystrophies and neuromuscular weakness)
    •    Restrictive lung diseases
    •    Mucopolysaccharidoses (Pompe’s Disease)
    •    Interstitial lung disease
    •    Rare lung diseases

 

 

Tests and Procedures:

 

Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT’s) or spirometry are routine breathing tests measurements of lung function

Polysomnography (PSG), also known as a sleep study.  It is the recording of the bodies’ changes that occur during sleep. It is usually performed at night, when most people sleep.

Arterial blood gas (ABG) measures the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your bloodstream.

Carbon monoxide diffusion capacity