Critical Care

Being a patient or being a family member of a patient in the intensive care unit is a uniquely stressful and challenging experience. The physicians at Northwest Pulmonary recognize this, and we strive to provide especially compassionate care during this difficult period. We care for patients with all forms of critical illness. Some common conditions we expertly manage (or co-manage as appropriate) include:

  • acute respiratory failure

  • acute respiratory distress syndrome

  • Asthma exacerbations

  • COPD exacerbations

  • ventilator management

  • gastrointestinal bleeding

  • post-operative complications

  • severe pneumonia

  • heart failure

  • arrhythmia

  • acute kidney failure

  • acidosis

  • stroke

  • brain injury

  • poisoning

  • syncope

  • trauma