Common Asthma, Breathing and Lung Tests at The Children's Hospital
Doctors use various tests to diagnose possible lung function problems in children. These tests are also often used on an ongoing basis in your child's follow-up care and serve as a foundation in the excellent breathing and lung care provided at The Children's Hospital. The Breathing Center includes state-of-the-art facilities for performing and interpreting lung function tests.
As a Breathing Center patient, your child will probably experience one or more lung function tests provided by The Children's Hospital. As a parent, it is important for you to know that our doctors, nurses and technicians are specially trained to explain these procedures to your child and help him or her feel as comfortable as possible during their tests. It is also important that our equipment is designed to fit the various sizes of children we treat. This means our testing is accurate and as comfortable as possible. Availability of these broad ranges of specialized pediatric lung tests and personnel expertise to perform and interpret them is unmatched in the Rocky Mountain region.
Diagnostic Tests
- Airway imaging
- Airway secretion testing
- Arterial puncture
- Chest imaging - x-rays customized for the pediatric patient
- Exhaled gas testing
- Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and laryngoscopy
- Lung biopsies by one of the most experienced teams in the country
- Nasal biopsy/brush
- Nasal potential difference
- Percutaneous needle biopsy of pleura
- Percutaneous transthoracic needle aspiration
- pH recording
- PICC line placement
- Polysomnography (sleep study)
- Postural drainage
- Pulmonary function testing
- Thoracocentesis
- Tracheal aspirate
- Tracheal intubation
- Tracheostomy
- Transbronchial biopsy
