Email: rccmappointment@sgh.com.sg
Aug 2020: Our colleagues in primary care can now make referrals for specialist consults via our GP referral hotline (65) 6326 5361 or Email: rccmappointment@sgh.com.sg.
The Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine was established in 1995 on Outram campus from the historic Medical Unit III. We have been caring for Singaporeans with lung diseases and critical illness for more than two decades.
We provide the latest options in diagnosing and treating patients with allergy-related conditions, lung diseases and critical illness. We are a one-stop centre boasting a comprehensive range of sub-specialty services. These include:
Allergy
Airway Diseases
Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV)
Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
Flexible bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), transbronchial lung biopsy (including cryobiopsy)
Interventional Pulmonology
Leading referral centre for complex interventional pulmonology cases nationally and regionally
Rigid bronchoscopy, airway ablative therapy, airway stenting, brachytherapy, whole lung lavage
Thoracocentesis, intercostal drains, indwelling pleural catheters, pleuroscopy
Intensive Care Medicine
First dedicated and intensivist-led Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV ECMO) Team in the country.
One of two national centres offering VV ECMO for patients with acute respiratory distress disorder (ARDS).
Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease, complex and rare lung conditions
Lung Cancer
Lung Nodules
Lung Transplantation
Pleural Diseases
Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Spirometry, body plethysmography, diffusion capacity testing, bronchoprovocation tests, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Infections
Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Occupational Lung Diseases
Respiratory Therapy Unit
Sleep Disorders
Smoking Cessation
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