Pulmonary Diagnostic Center (Pediatric)
The Pediatric Pulmonary Diagnostic Center was established to effectively diagnose breathing problems in children, formulate individualized treatment plans, and evaluate each child’s response to therapies. Unique to National Jewish Health for Kids, the Center offers specialized pediatric exercise testing unavailable anywhere else in the Rocky Mountain region.
Diagnostic Tests:
- Airway imaging
- Allergen skin testing
- Bronchoalveolar lavage testing
- Bronchoprovocation challenges including exercise challenge and methacholine challenge
- Cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance testing by one of the most experienced teams in the country
- Chest imaging including X-rays, computed tomography (CT), and fluoroscopy
- Continuous laryngoscopy during exercise by one of the most experienced teams in the country
- Endobronchial biopsy
- Exhaled gas testing
- Flexible bronchoscopy
- Flexible laryngoscopy
- Laboratory testing
- Lung function testing including lung volumes, diffusion capacity, lung static recoil, and respiratory muscle strength testing
- Nasal biopsy
- Spirometry
- Sweat test
- Testing for steroid resistance or abnormal metabolism of steroids
- Transbronchial biopsy
Doctors
-
Alicia C. Della Volpe, MD
-
Elizabeth M. Fan, PA-C
-
Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS
-
Pamela L. Zeitlin, MD, MPhil, PhD
Clinical Trials
- Biomarkers & Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Progression
- Creating Asthma Measurements through the MORRE Study
- Healthy Adults Needed for Beryllium Disease Study
- Identifying Characteristics and Patterns of Asthma
- Investigational Gene Therapy for Adults with CF
- Lung Injury from Military Deployment
- New Trial Medication for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Predict and Prevent Lung Disease
- Predicting ILD from Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Pulmonary Fibrosis & Genetic Factors
- Skin, Airway & Esophageal Epithelial Barriers in Youth
Reasons to Choose National Jewish Health
- The leading respiratory hospital in the nation and the only one devoted fully to the treatment of respiratory and related illnesses
- Ranked #1 or #2 in Pulmonology by U.S. News & World Report for 26 consecutive years
- Ranked in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation by HCAHPS
- Physicians consistently recognized among the best in the nation by multiple services, including Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly
- Among the top 6% of organizations funded for research by the NIH, providing patients access to hundreds of active clinical trials
- 124-year history of focus on care, research and education serving patients from around the world with lung, heart, immune and related disorders
Little Body, Big Battle
“I’m thankful that we were able to come and get tested because we would have never known. We would have probably never gotten the treatment that Ivan needed.”
Read More