Pulmonology and Critical Care

The Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care is a national and regional reference department that consists of several specialized diagnostic and/or therapeutic units. The objective of this department is to provide advanced medical care in the fields of conventional and interventional pulmonology, medical reanimation, and sleep pathologies.

The first medical reanimation was performed at HDF in 2000.

The Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care also has an academic aspect, which involves, on the one hand, training medical students and, on the other hand, contributing to the progress of medicine and the specialty through research activities.

A team of seven specialists ensures the activity of the Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care.

Clinical activities are currently divided into 11 subspecialty units:

• C1: Conventional pulmonology
• C2: Critical care
• C3: Sleep center: The paraclinical evaluation can be diagnostic (polysomnography) or therapeutic (CPAP titration, ventilation titration, mandibular advancement prosthesis, apnea surgery, video-electroencephalography, sleep latency test (MSLT), etc.).
• C4: Smoking Cessation Center: The first smoking cessation center in Lebanon was founded at HDF in 2008.
• C5: Respiratory therapy
• C6: Respiratory Allergy Unit
• C7: Bronchology and pleural pathology
• C8: Interventional Pulmonology (IP)
• C9: Echoendoscopy
• C10: Physiological stress test
• C11: Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation