News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2013
MEDIA CONTACT: Stephanie Poyant
Public Information Officer
Southcoast Health System
Office: 508-973-5280
Cell: 774-634-1460
poyants@southcoast.org
www.southcoast.org/news/releases/
Southcoast Pulmonary Function Laboratory relocates to new Wareham
location
WAREHAM, Mass. — Southcoast™ Health System’s Pulmonary Function Laboratory
in Wareham has relocated from Tobey Hospital to Southcoast Health System at Rosebrook, 100
Rosebrook Way in Wareham. Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) services are now available to
patients at the new Rosebrook location which is a full-service medical practice facility that brings
together more than 20 primary care and specialty physicians, the Southcoast Center for Weight
Loss and comprehensive outpatient radiology and laboratory services. The transition to
Southcoast Health System at Rosebrook will be seamless for patients, requiring no action on their
part.
The new outpatient PFT laboratory at Rosebrook features state of the art pulmonary
equipment. Testing is performed by qualified medical personal and is available to both adult and
pediatric patients. Pulmonary function testing is completely painless and helps physicians
diagnose and treat conditions such as shortness of breath, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, and work related disorders. PFT is also used for pre-surgical screenings, as well as post
drug, radiology and chemotherapy evaluation.
A complete range of pulmonary function tests are available at the new site including:
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Spirometry pre and post bronchodilator testing: determines patient’s response
to inhaled bronchodilators and helps to diagnose reactive airway disease.
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Lung volume testing via nitrogen washout: measures lung capacity while
breathing pure oxygen and determines increased/decreased lung capacity which
can be indicative of certain lung diseases.
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Diffusion capacity testing: measures the amount of oxygen that is transferred
from lung tissue into the bloodstream, determines causes for shortness of breath,
and monitors for certain disease processes such as asbestosis, scleroderma, etc.
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6 minute walk and ambulatory oximetry: measures oxygen saturation levels
during activity and can qualify patients for home oxygen use.
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Pediatric treadmill testing: helps physicians diagnose and treat patients with
exercise-induced reactive airway disease (i.e. asthma).
Southcoast Health System also has pulmonary function testing laboratories at Charlton
Memorial Hospital located at 363 Highland Avenue in Fall River and at St. Luke’s Hospital
located at 101 Page Street in New Bedford.
For more information on PFT, or to schedule a screening, please call 508-973-3900 or
visit http://www.southcoast.org/occhealth/services.
About Southcoast Health System & Southcoast Hospitals Group
Southcoast Health System is a community based health delivery system with multiple
access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast
Hospitals Group — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New
Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty
and heart rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery,
orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in
the region. Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of
the community to provide services. More information is available online at
www.southcoast.org. Connect to Southcoast through social media
at www.southcoast.org/connect/.
Southcoast™ is a registered trademark of Southcoast Health System Inc.
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