Pediatrics: Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine

Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory

The Pulmonary Function Testing Lab at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has comprehensive state-of-the-art facilities for performing and interpreting lung function tests in infants and children.  The lab is registered with the American Thoracic Society.

Outpatient and inpatient services include:

• Spirometry
  • Pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry
  • Positional spirometry
• Lung volumes
• Diffusion capacity
• Exhaled nitric oxide analysis
• Maximal respiratory pressures
• Bronchial challenges
  • Methacholine challenge
  • Exercise challenge
  • Cold air challenge
• Exercise physiology study
• Infant/toddler pulmonary function test
• Ventilatory drive study
• Indirect calorimetry
• Education in use of MDIs/spacers, airway clearance techniques