Sarcoidosis and interstitual lung disease

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 29 Nov 2013

The dedicated Sarcoidosis and ILD weekly clinic offers a state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment programme. The core service comprises specialist Chest physicians trained in ILD collaborating with thoracic radiologists, pathologists, rheumatologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and pulmonary hypertension physicians in an interdisciplinary manner. Diagnostic modalities provided include high-resolution CT scanning using the latest …
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Lung infections

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 22 Sep 2013

Patients with slow-to-resolve infections and/or bronchiectasis are prioritised to one of several general respiratory clinics, unless where TB is suspected. Blood tests for infective markers including fungal serology, sputum induction, diagnostic bronchoscopy, HIV testing and immune function testing are available.


Lung disease

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 29 Nov 2013

Patients with suspected asbestos-associated lung or pleural disease are prioritised to see specialist physicians well-versed in these conditions. Advice and guidance on industrial compensation may be provided. Patients with suspected mesothelioma are managed through the Thoracic Malignancy MDT service. Other occupational lung diseases, including occupational asthma, are also comprehensively evaluated.


Lung function testing

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 29 Nov 2013

Comprehensive lung function testing (measurement of spirometry with bronchodilator reversibility, lung volumes using plethysmography, gas transfer and small airway indices) is available. Skin prick tests, basic exercise tests and six-minute walk test are also performed. Overnight sleep tests are conducted as initial home sleep studies and CPAP titration studies. A …
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Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 6 Nov 2013

Two flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy lists (Monday and Friday) are run each week and patients are examined under conscious sedation with topical airway anaesthesia. Diagnostic procedures include endobronchial and transbronchial biopsy as well as wedged bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to retrieve alveolar inflammatory cells for differential leukocyte profiling in cases of suspected …
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Sleep disorders

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 19 Oct 2022

2nd (Latest) Safety notice: Philips Respironics CPAP and masks with magnetic clips  Last updated 19 October 2022 by the St George’s Respiratory Physiology Team We have received a field safety notice from Philips Respironics citing concerns in using masks with magnetic clips in patients/bed partners with metallic medical implants. These …
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 29 Nov 2013

A multi-disciplinary team provides comprehensive care for COPD patients who access our services as out-patient referrals or through emergency hospital admission. The team works collaboratively with community COPD nurses and has strong links with primary care, encouraging joined-up care for COPD patients. Routine referrals are seen within 2-4 weeks. A …
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Asthma

Asthma

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 6 Nov 2013

The Asthma clinic sees patients with asthma of varying severity and aims to provide an accurate diagnosis of the different variants of this condition. Advice on avoidance strategies and treatment with local (inhaled) and systemic therapies are key parts of the service. Management of patients with anaphylactic tendencies, cough and …
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Chest medicine

Chest medicine

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 9 Aug 2022

The Respiratory Department at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest of its kind in southwest London. Our mission is to deliver outstanding and accessible clinical services that are continually developed and refined in response to the needs of the people we serve. Centralised to …
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Specialist Medicine

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 1 Aug 2023

Clinical infection, dermatology, gastroenterology, hepatology, genetics and rheumatology.
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