Pulmonology / Lungs - Pneumologische Klinik Waldhof Elgershausen gGmbH, Greifenstein, Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Günther

About us

The Pneumologische Klinik Waldhof Elgershausen is an emergency hospital taking care for all kinds of patients with lung diseases. In addition to the main foci mentioned above, patients with orphan lung diseases (such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Karthagener's syndrome, bronchiectasis, and others) are examined.
Moreover, the Hospital has broad expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of other internal diseases, such as gastrointestinal diseases, or heart and cardiovascular diseases.
The Hospital is KTQ (Cooperation in Transparency and Quality in Health Care) certified, takes regularly part in patient surveys and is a member of disease-specific networks of hospitals, cooperating regionally and nationally (in case of lung cancer, for instance, with the Gießen-Marburg University Hospital and the Kerckhoff Clinic at Bad Nauheim, with a Lung Cancer Center being set up).
Considerable medical expertise, committed care and personal devotion, as well as pastoral care and psychosocial care options, are the foundations that support our work. For this reason, the Hospital, which looks back at a hundred year's history (founded in 1901), is well equipped to face the future.

Diagnostic Services

• Endoscopy: tracheo-, broncho-, thoraco-, gastro-, coloscopy, combined with auto fluorescence and ultrasound guided biopsy techniques
• Imaging: conventional X-rays, ultrasound and computer-tomography (CT) of the chest, abdomen and brain. Doppler ultrasound of the vessels, echocardiography including transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
• Function assessment: lung function with spirometry, body plethysmography, diffusion capacity and compliance, blood gas analyses, ECG, long-term ECG and blood pressure measurement, ergometry and spiroergometry, right heart catheter measuring station, six minute walk test
• Clinical chemical routine and emergency laboratory, tuberculosis diagnosis and allergy tests
• Sleep laboratory with polysomnography, polygraphy, capnography and vigilance tests

Therapeutic Services

• Physical Therapy: breathing exercises, inhalation techniques, asthma and COPD training
• Endoscopic intervention procedures: valve and stent implants, photo dynamic therapy
• Pleurodesis (adhesion of pleura to the lung)
• Inter-disciplinary planning of treatment, implementation of chemotherapy and individualized medication therapy procedures, supportive care of patients during radiation of chest organs (radiation
• itself is performed at the Gießen University Hospital)
• Up-to-date medical treatment of internal diseases
• Calculated antibiotic and tuberculostatic treatment for infectious diseases
• Invasive and non-invasive ventilation for different forms of acute and chronic failure, as well as weaning from ventilation on the intermediate/intensive care ward
• Outpatient service
• Physical therapy and training of patients
• Palliative medical treatment plan to accompany patients with terminal diseases with human dignity
• Introduction of smoking cessation programs within hospitalization

Special Offers / Arrangements / Rooms

• Generous single and double rooms with satellite television and telephone available for each bed complete the five wards. Almost all hospital rooms have an en suite bathroom with shower, wash basin and WC
• Hospital chaplaincy with numerous pastoral care options
• Social services