Respiratory Medicine

Guidelines for specialist referrals:

Respiratory Medicine Diagnosis-Based

• Asthma
   
• Bronchiectasis
   
• COPD
   
• Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases (DPLD)
   
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
   
• Pleural Effusion
   
• Pneumonia
   
• Pneumothorax
   
• Primary Bronchial Carcinoma
   
• Pulmonary Embolism
   
• Pulmonary Nodules
   
• Sarcoidosis
   
• Tuberculosis  

Respiratory Medicine Symptom-Based

• Acute Respiratory Symptoms
   
• Chronic Respiratory Symptoms
   
• Persistent Cough with Normal CXR
   
• Haemoptysis