The Division of Respiratory Medicine at Changi General Hospital provides comprehensive care for patients with a wide variety of pulmonary diseases and also for the critically ill needing care in the ICU.

Our pulmonary and critical care physicians offer consultation, diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of respiratory and critical care medicine related conditions, namely Lung cancer, Chronic Obstructive Disease (COPD), Asthma, Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure, Pulmonary Infections (e.g.: pneumonia), Sepsis and Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

The Division of Respiratory Medicine is also supported by services in virtually all aspects of ambulatory pulmonary patient care, including a full pulmonary function testing, complete radiology services, echocardiography, laboratory and sleep medicine services.

The division continues to integrate clinical expertise, research and education to provide the best care and state-of-the-art technology and services for patients with pulmonary and critical care needs.

Our physicians are actively involved in ongoing clinical and research work to advance and develop the specialities of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, and they regularly present at national and international scientific meetings related to clinical and basic science investigation in their field.

The Pulmonary and Critical Care clinical services encompass a variety of disease states including ambulatory pulmonary and sleep medicine, inpatient pulmonary and critical care medicine. These diseases and treatments provided at Changi General Hospital include:

• Acute and chronic respiratory failure needing Non-Invasive Ventilation
• Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)
• Interventional pulmonary services (e.g.: Bronchoscopy, Transbronchial Lung Biopsy etc)
• Lung cancer
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme for patients with chronic respiratory ailments
• Pulmonary hypertension and other pulmonary vascular diseases
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and other sleep-related breathing disorders
• Respiratory muscle disorders
• Septic Shock in the critically ill patient
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)