Respiratory Physiology
Comprehensive
At Fitzrovia Hospital we offer a comprehensive range of respiratory assessments, enabling a broad range of respiratory conditions to be diagnosed and monitored.
Expertise
Our experienced support staff and world-class doctors will ensure all diagnostics and treatments are of the highest quality.
Care
From arrival at reception to the end of your treatment journey, your care is the number one priority of everyone at Fitzrovia Hospital.
What is Respiratory Physiology?
Respiratory Physiology is the assessment of breathing and lung health, and how these can be impacted by lifestyle and disease. During an appointment, the Physiologist can use different tests to look at breathing pattern, lung capacity, the health of the airways and blood vessels in the lungs, and the ability of the lungs to transfer gases such as oxygen in and out of the body.
What Respiratory Conditions do we investigate?
We investigate a wide range of respiratory conditions at Fitzrovia Hospital, including but not limited to: Asthma, Bronchiectasis, COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease, Sarcoidosis, Breathing Pattern Disorder, and Unexplained Breathlessness.
What tests do we perform at Fitzrovia Hospital?
We perform a wide range of respiratory assessments at Fitzrovia Hospital, ranging from Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Spirometry. All tests can be performed within a single appointment, enabling you to access any specialist treatment you need faster.
Respiratory Physiology
At Fitzrovia Hospital we offer the following services for all your respiratory needs:
- Spirometry - A quick and easy insight into lung health, looking at lung capacity and airway health.
- Bronchodilator reversibility - Important for Asthma and COPD diagnoses, bronchodilator reversibility determines whether an individual’s airway obstruction can be improved with inhalers or not.
- Fractional Expired Nitric Oxide (FeNO) - This test measures the amount of Nitric Oxide, a marker of lung inflammation often seen in Asthma, present in the lungs.
- Body Plethysmography - This test is the gold-standard assessment of lung capacity and is very useful in the diagnosis and maintenance of diseases such as COPD and Lung Fibrosis.
- Gas Transfer - This test measures the ability of the lungs to move gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, in and out of the lungs.
- Full Lung Function - Spirometry, Gas Transfer and Body Plethysmography together, with additional FeNO and Bronchodilator Reversibility if needed.
- Impulse Oscillometry - An assessment of airway obstruction by sending sound waves into the airways. Impulse Oscillometry requires minimal effort and is very easy to perform, making it accessible to all patients.
- Impulse Oscillometry - An assessment of airway obstruction by sending sound waves into the airways. Impulse Oscillometry requires minimal effort and is very easy to perform, making it accessible to all patients.
- Bronchial Provocation Challenge - This test is used to screen for hypersensitive airways, a form of Asthma that is only causes symptoms when the airways come into contact with an allergen or pollutant.
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) - This test is the gold standard for measuring physical fitness. It measures VO2max, which has strong links to fitness and longevity, and can be used to assess risk prior to major surgery or treatments such as chemotherapy. In addition, CPET can be used when trying to find the cause of unexplained breathlessness, as its comprehensive assessment of the heart, lungs, blood, and muscles as they respond to exercise enables the team to locate any areas of the body that aren’t functioning properly.
- CPET can also be used to assess exercise-induced Asthma, and shortness of breath on exertion, a common symptom of COPD and other respiratory conditions.
- At Fitzrovia, our Physiologist can also help you devise a training program tailored specifically for you based on your heart rate zones measured during CPET.
Meet the team of Respiratory Consultants the Fitzrovia Hospital
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The Fitzrovia Hospital
13-14 Fitzroy Square
London
W1T 6AH
Telephone: 0207 034 3300
Email: enquiries@fitzroviahospital.com or reception@fitzroviahospital.com
Opening hours: Monday - Friday 8am to 8pm
Car parking facilities in Fitzrovia square are restricted. We advise that patients are dropped off immediately outside the main entrance to the hospital. Car parking facilities can be found several minutes away adjacent to the Holiday Inn where there is a public car park. Address: Carburton St, London W1W 5EE. A map can be found here.