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Respiratory medicine

Respiratory medicine is a sub-specialty of medicine encompassing diseases of the airways, lungs, chest wall and breathing.

Unexplained breathlessness (non cardiac)
Abnormal chest x-ray needing further evaluation
Chest pain (non cardiac)
Chronic cough
Complex cardio-respiratory disease
Recurrent chest infections
2 week wait referral for suspected lung cancer
Suspected lung fibrosis or other interstitial lung disease
Respiratory failure
Persistent cough
Uncontrolled asthma in pregnancy
Suspected occupational induced lung disease
Patients needing bronchoscopy
Pleural diseases
Patients with asthma with frequent exacerbations being treated with steroids and step three medication (with normal chest x-ray)
Suspected or diagnosed Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with -
- Diagnostic uncertainty
- Rapid decline in functional status
- Severe COPD
- Recurrent exacerbations
- Consideration for maintenance steroids
- Symptoms disproportionate to lung function deficit
- Early age onset and/or absence of smoking
- Recurrent chest infections