Our Services

Center for Acute Respiratory Failure

About the Center

The Center for Acute Respiratory Failure is part of the Price Family Center for Comprehensive Chest Care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

We offer the highest quality care for patients who rapidly develop respiratory failure — typically from:

  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • pneumonia
  • trauma
  • pulmonary embolism
  • flare-ups of chronic lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, or cystic fibrosis

Services

Our services include the most advanced forms of mechanical ventilation and other specialized therapies to rescue patients with severe respiratory failure, including:

  • ECMO
  • Pulmonary Embolectomy and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
  • Patient Transfers
  • Research, Clinical Trials

Conditions We Treat

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • Pneumonia
  • Trauma, including direct injury to the lungs
  • Sepsis (blood infection)
  • Acute episodes of asthma
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Emphysema
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Acute and chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease
  • Other less common illnesses

 

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Platinum Center of Excellence
1 of the first 3 adult programs in the world to achieve this Platinum status

Contact Us

If you are a physician, please contact 1-800-NYP-STAT (1-800-697-7828) to have your patient transferred.


Adult ECMO Program

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