Ambulance

Acute Ambulance
Operating Hours:Continuous Operation 
Telephone Contact: +420 26608 2081, +420 26608 2077
E-mail: pneumoambulance@bulovka.cz
Nurse: Bc. Alena Kralova

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From 3.30-7.7-7pm and on Saturdays and Sundays, treatment is charged a regulatory fee for the use of the medical emergency service of CZK 90. The fee can be paid in cash at all machines on the hospital premises, some of which can also be paid by card. For a list of machines, see HERE.

Chronic (Specialized) Ambulance
Operating Hours:Mon-Sat 8am-3pm.00.00-15.00, THU 8.00-12.00, FRI 8.00-14.00.
Phone contact: +420 26608 2081, +420 26608 2077
E-mail: pneumoambulance@bulovka.cz

Conditions for admission to chronic outpatient monitoring:

  • Relevant pulmonary diagnosis or suspicion (COPD, asthma bronchiale, complicated inflammatory lung diseases, interstitial lung processes, tobacco dependence, indications for sleep-disordered breathing and treatment of respiratory insufficiency - oxygen therapy, non-invasive lung ventilation).
  • Recommendation of a general practitioner or specialist.
  • Patient must bring: insurance card, list of medications and medical reports (documentation related to the issue under examination)

Chronické (specializované) ambulance

Interstitial pulmonary processes

  • diagnosis and treatment of all interstitial lung diseases
  • we are a centre for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with the ability to administer center-based biologic therapy
  • diagnostic process is multidisciplinary and team-based (pulmonologist, radiologist, thoracic surgeon and possibly pathologist-evaluate biopsies)
  • we examine patients prior to lung transplantation
  • conduct clinical trials in prospective international studies

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Difficult-to-treat asthma

  • diagnosis and treatment of severe refractory asthma
  • we are a centre for the treatment of refractory asthma with the ability to administer centre-based biologic therapy
  • conducting clinical trials in prospective international studies

Centre for Tobacco Dependence

  • Short-term tobacco dependence interventions are provided at all of our clinic sites, but the Center for Tobacco Dependence is dedicated to the highest form of treatment, a comprehensive tobacco cessation strategy. This involves a combination of psychotherapy training for risk situations and usually medication support for cessation. We monitor the progress of cessation by questionnaire tests and also by measuring tobacco fumes in exhaled air.
  • The initial appointment at our center takes approximately 45-55 minutes, with follow-ups taking about 15-20 minutes.
  • Our long-term treatment success rate is around 40-45%, with a maximum quit rate of up to 5% without medical assistance.

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Centre for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing

Operating hours: MON-FRI 8.00-15.00 (new patients examined 8.15-10.00)
Appointments: appointments are made by calling +420 26608 2085 or by emailing igor.jurikovic@bulovka.cz

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The laboratory provides diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing and their treatment.

Nightly sleep monitoring includes:

  1. Polygraphic monitoring with Porti 7 device which monitors breathing, blood oxygen saturation, snoring, chest and abdominal breathing effort, ECG curve, transit pulse time, body position during sleep. We have 3 of these devices. Another device of the same category, the NOX T3, complements the above devices and senses the same parameters in addition to the ECG curve.
  2. Polysomnographic monitoring Porty 8 monitors four EEG electrodes, two eyeball movements and two chin muscle tension electrodes in addition to polygraphic parameters. The monitoring is an online recording of the image and sound, which is captured overnight by a camera and microphone.
  3. Treatment of all forms of obstructive sleep apnoea and hypopnoea by regimen measures, surgical plastics at the ENT clinic of the Bulovka Hospital or treatment with CPAP and VPAP non-invasive ventilatory support in monitoring room with bed. The monitoring is usually carried out 4 days a week.

The laboratory staff consists of a full-time physician, two part-time physicians and one part-time laboratory technician. The laboratory has two monitoring rooms with beds. Monitoring is usually done every weekday. Polysomnographic monitoring occurs once a week, always on Thursdays.

Pulmonary Function Laboratory

Operating hours: MON-FRI 7.30-15.00 (on Fridays only spirometry and blood gas tests).

Examinations are booked by calling +420 26608 2067 or by request form, which patients present for examination.

The laboratory provides the following examinations:

  1. Spirometry examination - basic ventilation examination.
  2. Blood gases - examination of respiration and acidobasic balance from arterialized or arterial.
  3. Examination of lung volumes, airway resistances using BODYTEST whole-body plethysmography.
  4. Examination of diffusing capacity of the lungs.
  5. Exercise spiroergometry - exercise, expiratory.
  6. FENO examination - test of carbon monoxide concentration in the breath (monitoring inflammatory bronchial diseases, especially asthma).
  7. Examination of respiratory muscle strength.
  8. Oscillometry - examination of airway resistance.

Pneumooncology

Operating Hours: Mon-Thu 8.00-15.00, Wed 8.00-14.00, Thu 8.00-12.30, Fri 8.00-13.00.
Appointment by phone:+420 26608 2267

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The Pneumooncology Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Pneumology of the Faculty of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Bavaria is one of the specialized centers in the Czech Republic, which are dedicated to the diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of lung cancer and other malignancies of the chest area. We are one of the largest centres of its type in our country. On the basis of a properly established histological diagnosis with support molecular genetic tests, we are able to refer patients for state-of-the-art biological treatment or immunotherapy according to current therapeutic standards. Patients who meet the entry criteria are also enrolled in prospective international clinical trials with access to innovative and unreimbursed drugs. We actively collaborate with the Institute of Radiation Oncology of the Faculty of Medicine and the Surgical Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, where through interdisciplinary seminars, we indicate adequate surgical or radiotherapeutic procedures according to the extent of tumor involvement and the overall condition of the patient.

Department of Bronchology

Operating Hours:Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Wed-Thu 7am-3.30pm, Fri 7am-2pm.00 

Examinations are booked by phone on 266 08 2467 or by a request form, which patients present for examination.

The department focuses on the diagnosis of lung diseases by means of bronchoscopic examination, which is mainly performed under local anaesthesia with a flexible bronchoscope, exceptionally under general anaesthesia with a rigid bronchoscope. Bronchoscopic examination is used to diagnose diseases of the airways and lung parenchyma by means of the brush method, endobronchial aspiration and excision. We also perform bronchoalveolar lavage and perbronchial puncture. Bronchoscopic airway toileting is performed in long-lying patients, and inhaled foreign bodies are removed by bronchoscopy.