Heart & Lung Centre

Respiratory

Respiratory is a sub-specialty in medicine that deals with diseases related to the airways, trachea, bronchus, lung parenchyma (lung tissue), alveoli (air sacs), pleura (lung coverings) and pulmonary vessels. Our respiratory physician emphasize on getting accurate diagnosis based on detailed clinical history, physical examination and medical investigations. We endeavor to utilise, wherever possible, the latest and reliable chest imaging as well as procedural techniques for both diagnostics and treatment purposes.

Lung Diseases

VHLC cares for patients with various lung diseases and we offer comprehensive in-patient and out-patient evaluation as well as treatment advice. We incorporate chest imaging and procedural diagnostic tests wherever appropriate to obtain accurate diagnosis. Common lung diseases are as follows (but not limited to):

Sleep disorders

We are also well-equipped to treat sleep disorders such as (but not limited to) :

• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Snoring and stop breathing during sleep due to narrowed air passage
• Central Sleep Apnoea: snoring & stop breathing during sleep due to brain and heart issue
• Narcolepsy: Excessive sleepiness due to lacking of some brain hormone
• Hypersomnia: Excessive sleepiness due to multiple causes
• Insomnia: Difficulty to sleep at night
• Restless leg syndrome (RLS): Leg keeps on moving causing sleep problem & Periodic Limb Movement Disorders (PLMD): Uncontrollable muscle movement during sleep causing sleep problem

Bronchoscopy & Pleuroscopy Suite

VHLC’s Bronchoscopy & Pleuroscopy suite provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic tools particularly for diseases related to bronchus and pleura in order to better understand the disease process and for accurate diagnostic and therapeutic measures.

Incorporating basic and advanced respiratory diagnostic and procedural techniques, VHLC’s lung section provides these following studies :

Lung function test

Lung function test or also known as spirometry test is a diagnostic test to confirm the presence of airway diseases, such as Asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It will also help in assessing other restrictive lung diseases such as Interstital lung disease, chest wall disorders and neuromuscular diseases. It is a test used to assess how well your lungs work by measuring how much air you inhale, how much you exhale and how quickly you exhale.

Lung imaging

Accurate imaging modalities are very important in getting the correct diagnosis for lung diseases. Hence, we have embarked on providing the latest and accurate lung imaging techniques, such as (but not limited to) :

• CECT Thorax (Contrasted Enhanced Computed Tomography) of chest
  Contrast Enhanced Computerized Tomography (CECT) Scan of the chest is a diagnostic procedure in which a contrast material is injected and the rotating beams of X-rays are used to create a detailed three dimensional image of the chest or thorax to identify problems associated with the heart, lungs, food pipe, rib cage, spinal column and surrounding soft tissues like muscles.
• High Resolution CT (HRCT)
  Refers to a CT technique in which thin-slice chest images are obtained and post-processed in a high-spatial-frequency reconstruction algorithm. This technique obtains images with exquisite lung detail, which are ideal for the assessment of diffuse interstitial lung disease.
• Low Dose CT (LDCT)
  Is the only recommended screening test for lung cancer
• Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA)
  Which is the first choice diagnostic imaging technique in the diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism.

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