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Pneumology | Consultation hours

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Would you like to postpone or cancel your appointment?
leitstellepoliklinik@ukbb.ch
+41 61 704 12 20
Contact Pneumo-Team (e.g. reports, prescriptions or certificates):
pneumo@ukbb.ch
+41 61 704 25 16

Specialised consultation hours for children and adolescents are available at UKBB. Our experts offer comprehensive diagnostics and treatment for a wide range of concerns. Registrations are made exclusively via medical referral.

Allocation

Themes

Clinical problems and diseases:

  • Asthma
  • Cough
  • Bronchitis and pneumonia in all age categories
  • Breathing problems during (competitive) sport
  • Stridor (noisy breathing)
  • Pseudocroup
  • Tuberculosis (clarification, prophylaxis and therapy)
  • Cystic fibrosis (Cystic fibrosis - Centre NW-Switzerland)
  • Lung diseases after premature birth and in newborns
  • Congenital malformations of the airways and lungs
  • Sleep-associated breathing problems (obstructive sleep apnoea, breathing pauses, snoring)
  • Foreign body aspiration
  • Rare lung diseases (e.g. primary ciliary dyskinesia)
  • Breathing problems in children with oesophageal atresia or hiatal hernia surgery
  • Breathing problems in physically and/or mentally impaired children and children with muscle weakness
  • Lung diseases in systemic diseases, incl. in connection with chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation (BMT)
  • Care of children with long-term ventilation, incl. tracheostomy

Examinations and techniques offered:

  • Lung function tests, incl. NO measurement and IOS
  • Spiro-/ergometry, treadmill exercise
  • Direct bronchial provocation tests (methacholine)
  • Welding test
  • Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy incl. biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage
  • Sleep examinations (polysomnography, polygraphy in hospital and at home)
  • Home ventilation and oxygen therapy
  • Allergy tests

Combined allergology-pneumology consultation hours

Networked disciplines

Counselling hotline for child and youth emergencies

The Medgate Kids Line provides quick and uncomplicated medical advice if your child is unwell. The medical team of our partner Medgate is available to you by telephone around the clock.

058 387 78 82
(billing via health insurance)

For emergencies abroad: Call the emergency number of your health insurance company. You will find this number on your health insurance card.

More information: On the Page of the emergency ward you will find everything you need to know about behaviour in emergencies, typical childhood illnesses and waiting times.

Important emergency numbers

144 Outpatient clinic
145 Tox Info Suisse (Poisonings)
117 Police
118 Fire brigade

UKBB

University Children's Hospital Basel
Spitalstrasse 33
4056 Basel | CH

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