Cook Pulmonologists
- 2 Board certified
- 1 Reviews
- Average rating is 3 stars
- Average wait time is 60 minutes
Top Pulmonologists in Cook, NE
7601 Pioneers Blvd
Lincoln, NE 68506
- Radiology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- 20 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- Board certified
- 4 star medical school
1500 S 48th St
Ste 800
Lincoln, NE 68506
- Internal Medicine
- Sleep Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- Internal Medicine - Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- 24 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- Board certified
A pulmonologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the lungs and respiratory tract.
These specialists are similar to critical care specialists in that their patients often require mechanical ventilation to assist their breathing.
Pulmonologists diagnose and treat patients with conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, COPD, and emphysema. Exposure and inhalation of certain toxic substances may also warrant the services of a pulmonologist.
Some of the tools and tests pulmonologists use to diagnose a patient are a stethoscope in order to listen for abnormal breathing sounds, chest X-rays, CT scans, blood tests, bronchoscopy, and polysomnography.
The area of Cook, NE has a population of approximately 673 people. There are 2 pulmonologists near Cook, which gives it a ratio of 1 pulmonologist per 337 residents or a ratio of 1 pulmonologist per 143 households. There are 286 households in Cook.
