Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine News

Experts from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine discuss innovations in clinical care and diagnostics for respiratory disease.

CHOP announced the opening of a 5,077 square foot new Sleep Lab at its new Specialty Care Center in Newtown Square, PA.

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced findings from a new study that show outpatient diuretic use is common in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), and that factors such as gestational age, severity of BPD, and type of diuretic significantly influenced the timing of medication weaning. The study was published recently in Pediatric Pulmonology.

Dr. Christopher Cielo, Director of CHOP’s Sleep Center, was featured on Fox29 Philadelphia offering tips on getting children back on a sleep schedule for the new school year.

Researchers revealed new insights into the long-term effects of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic lung disease that primarily affects premature infants, on patient health.

Advanced bronchoscopy techniques are allowing us to diagnose and treat many pulmonary conditions that previously required invasive surgery. 

A fetus with cystic fibrosis was treated in utero with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor to prevent meconium ileus. 

Christopher Cielo, DO, joined the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in 2010 and is an attending pulmonologist.

You might be feeling anxious about the poor air quality in our region. While this problem is real, it does not mean that there is nothing we can do to help keep our family safe.

A range of different noninvasive mechanical ventilation supports helped this patient with pulmonary hypoplasia avoid tracheostomy.