Norton Children’s Pulmonology, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, provides care for children with all types of breathing challenges, lung disease and respiratory disorders.
Conditions We Treat
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Chronic lung disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Infantile wheeze
- Interstitial lung disease
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary mycosis
- Upper airway obstruction
Technology Dependent Center
The Technology Dependent Center cares for children who may be living with a variety of disorders managed through the use of special medical technology. This includes children on home ventilators, those who have tracheotomies and those who require oxygen on an ongoing basis. We focus on specialized care and enhancing children’s quality of life through family and caregiver education and advocacy.
Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Norton Children’s Pulmonary Function Laboratory evaluates the lungs and respiratory system in infants, children and teens. These tests may be requested by your child’s pediatrician, pulmonologist or surgeon, and may include:
- Complex cardiopulmonary testing
- Complex exercise testing
- Diffusion capacity
- Exhaled nitric oxide testing
- Incentive spirometry
- Indirect calorimetry
- Lung volume testing (body plethysmography or “body box”)
- Methacholine challenge testing
- Multichannel pneumocardiogram
- Noninvasive oxygen monitoring
- Simple exercise challenge testing
- Spirometry
- Impulse oscillometry