Respiratory Medicine
Medical conditions that affect the respiratory systems are treated with respiratory medicine.
Overview
The Department of Respiratory Medicine at Mahkota Medical Centre focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of medical conditions and diseases that affect the respiratory system.
Conditions
Example: “Hypertensions” or “Shortness of breath”
Bronchiectasis
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Tumours
Sleep-disordered breathing
Cough
Procedures
Example: “Stenting” or “ECG”
Pleurodesis
Pleurodesis is a procedure that sticks your lung to your chest wall.
Lung Transplant
A lung transplant is surgery to replace one or both of your lungs with lungs from a donor.
Bronchoscopy and Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
A bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to look at your airways and lungs.
Pulmonary Wedge Resection
A pulmonary wedge resection is surgery to remove a small, wedge-shaped (triangular) piece of lung tissue.
High Flow Oxygen Therapy
High flow oxygen therapy delivers oxygen, through nasal prongs, at higher than normal flow rates of traditional oxygen therapy. This therapy is sometimes used for people who are in respiratory distress.
Clinical services
Specialist doctors
Specialists
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