Conditions we treat:
Respiratory conditions refer to disorders of the lungs, nose, throat and other parts of the respiratory tract and diaphragm. This can range from simple conditions to potentially complex conditions requiring a multidisciplinary team of medical specialists such as trained intensive care and infectious disease specialist, thoracic surgeons and radiologists.
Respiratory conditions include:
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Airway disorders
- Benign tumours
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis
- Chest wall disorders
- Chronic cough
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Drugs and inhalational injuries
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer
- Malignant pleural effusion
- Malignant mesothelioma
- Mediastinal disorders, tumours that form in the mediastinum
- Multiorgan failure
- Neuromuscular weakness
- Occupational lung disorders
- Infection-related pleural effusion
- Pneumoconiosis
- Pleural diseases
- Pneumonia, an infection of the lung including that caused by Tuberculosis
- Pneumothorax, or collapsed lung
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary infections
- Restrictive lung disorders, chronic lung conditions that limit the ability of the lungs to expand during inhalation
Treatments we offer:
- Diagnostic procedures:
- Bronchoscopy
- Pleural biopsy
- Lung biopsy
- CT-guided biopsy
- Exercise testing for asthma
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Lung function testing
- Ultrasound-guided pleurocentesis
- Skin prick test (for aeroallergy and food allergy)
- Home ventilator management
- Influenza vaccination
- Pneumococcal vaccination
- Sleep studies
- Treatments and services:
- Long term oxygen therapy
- Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
- Thoracentesis (removal of excess fluid in lungs)
- Pulmonary rehabilitation