Pulmonology, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine

Treatments and Services

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Diagnostic Tests

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Treatments

There is no cure for sarcoidosis, but there are many different treatment options for patients. The focus of treatment is to improve symptoms and improve quality of life. While some achieve remission, the majority of patients learn management methods for what is a chronic condition.

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For conditions such as arthritis, sometimes steroid injections are required to relieve pain and swelling in a joint. 

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Thoracentesis is a way of removing air or excess fluid from the space around your lungs.

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During thoracostomy, the physician will inject a local anesthetic into the chest wall where the fluid is located and place a plastic tube into the chest between two ribs. The physician will then connect the tube to a suction device, which will help to remove the fluid

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Additional Diagnostic Testing

  • Echocardiography
  • Genetic testing
  • Pulmonary angiograms
  • Right heart catheterizations (at rest and with exercise)
  • Six-minute walk tests
  • Sputum culture testing

Additional Treatments

  • All 14 currently available medications for pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • CardioMEMS
  • Contact tracing of patients with active TB
  • Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) — a method of drug administration in which a health professional watches and provides support as a patient takes each dose of a medication, improving treatment adherence and completion
  • Education sessions on managing pulmonary conditions
  • Facilitation of lung transplants
  • Immunoglobulin replacement therapy
  • Management of complications related to TB medications
  • Medication for active tuberculosis
  • Mucus thinning medication
  • Oscillating positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices
  • Oral or IV antibiotic therapy
  • Postural drainage
  • Precision immunomodulatory infusions
  • Prophylactic anti-infective agents
  • Individualized exercise program
  • Surgical resection
  • Treatment of bronchiectasis
  • Treatment of chronic liver disease Treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung infections
  • Treatment of COPD
  • Treatment of immune deficiency or sinus disease that may be associated with bronchiectasis
  • Treatment of latent (inactive) TB infections