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Christiana Care's Pulmonary Function Laboratory

When you can’t breathe easily, ChristianaCare's Pulmonary Function Laboratory helps your doctor figure out why and how we can help.

Why Choose ChristianaCare?

ChristianaCare Respiratory Department is recognized by the American Association for Respiratory Care as an APEX institution. Under 1 percent of hospitals nationwide earn this award for relying on specially trained respiratory therapists to deliver pulmonary function testing based on the national standards recommended by the American Thoracic Society.

Your doctor can order our lab to perform a variety of tests to evaluate your respiratory system.

These tests are used to:

    • Determine lung health.
    • Diagnose and monitor the progression of lung conditions and diseases, including shortness of breath, asthma and lung cancer.
    • Assess readiness for surgery.
    • Monitor side effects of radiation therapy or drug therapy.
    • Verify effectiveness of treatment for lung disease.
    • Determine level of disability.
    • Enter a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

    Contact Us

    Christiana Hospital View Location

    Room R115 On the Red Route
    4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road
    Newark, DE 19718 

    The lab is located at 1301 Chamberlain Street room 1127a in the outpatient testing services at the ChristianaCare Health Center at Wilmington Campus. This is directly across from the ED parking area. Patients can be advised to park in the Wilmington Visitor Parking garage and access the parking garage elevator to the ground floor and walking across  to the opposite sliding door location of the ChristianaCare Health Center at Wilmington Campus. Alternatively they can park in the ED gated parking area located at 1301 Chamerlain Street and walk across to the sidewalk sliding glass entry of the ChristianaCare Health Center at Wilmington Campus.

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    106 Bow Street
    1st Floor Outpatient Center
    Elkton, MD 21921

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