Respiratory Medicine

• Pulmonary function test (spirometry)
• General lung health assessment
• Lung cancer test (lung health assessment for smokers)

The center provides diagnosis and treatment services for the following conditions:

• Unexplained shortness of breath
• Prolonged cough lasting over three months, chronic daily sputum, or haemoptysis
• Chest pain on breathing
• Allergic rhinitis, asthma, late onset asthma or asthma during pregnancy
• Occupational respiratory diseases
• Abnormal lung shadow on chest X-ray
• Sleep apnoea
• Pneumonia, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary edema
• Lung cancer

If further treatment is needed, patients may be referred to Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road or Tsuen Wan for the following examinations or procedures:

• Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: an accurate and safe method to diagnose bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
• Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy for peripheral lung lesions
• Thoracoscopy
• Intrathoracic drainage
• Ultrasound-guided intrathoracic drainage
• Implantation of endobronchial one-way valve for treatment of pneumothorax or emphysema