Which hospital in Beijing is good for respiratory diseases

Looking at comprehensive clinical strength, specialty characteristics, and patient reputation, the first echelon of respiratory diseases in Beijing are the National Respiratory Medicine Center of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, and the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The diagnostic and treatment levels of these three hospitals basically represent the ceiling of the domestic respiratory field.

It’s not that the respiratory departments of other hospitals are not good, it’s just that each of these three has its own unique advantages, and if you choose the right one, you can avoid a lot of detours. Sino-Japanese Friendship is the only leading unit of the National Respiratory Medicine Center in China. The team led by Academician Wang Chen has a high probability of getting relatively authoritative solutions when going to China and Japan to treat difficult and severe diseases such as interstitial lung disease, pulmonary embolism, lung transplantation, refractory asthma, and even rare lung diseases whose causes have not been found for a long time. I ran with my distant aunt before. She had been treated for pneumonia for three months in her hometown, and the shadows on her lungs were getting longer and longer. After coming to Beijing, she went to other tertiary hospitals but couldn't make a conclusion. Finally, she went to a Chinese and Japanese expert for a biopsy, and the diagnosis was confirmed to be rare pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. She has been taking symptomatic medication for two years now, and her condition is under stable control.

If you encounter chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, respiratory interventional therapy, or severe pneumonia, the respiratory department of Chaoyang Hospital will have more experience. After all, it is one of the first departments in China to carry out respiratory intensive care and long-term management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Many old patients with long-term smoking and severe loss of lung function are willing to follow up with experts in Chaoyang. Many patients also feel that the number in Chaoyang is easier to grab than in China and Japan, and regular follow-up visits are more cost-effective.

If you have many basic diseases, such as diabetes and rheumatism and immunity, and respiratory symptoms are only one manifestation of systemic diseases, then it is definitely right to give priority to Union Medical College. Its comprehensive disciplinary strength is there. When you encounter difficult interdisciplinary problems, you can ask the rheumatism and immunity, endocrinology, and infectious diseases departments for multi-disciplinary consultation at any time, without the patient having to go to one department by himself. My friend had been coughing for less than half a year and still had joint pain. He went to the respiratory department alone and kept treating allergic coughs to no avail. Finally, he went to the Peking Union Medical College Respiratory Department. The doctor saw something was wrong at a glance. After consultation with the rheumatology department, he diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome affecting the lungs. After adjusting the immunotherapy plan, the cough disappeared quickly. Of course, there are also patients who feel that if they only look at respiratory specialists, Xiehe is not as targeted as the previous two. Unless it is a complex situation where the cause cannot be found, they do not need to be given priority.

But to be honest in advance, the accounts of these three companies are very difficult to grab. The ordinary accounts have to be rushed at least a week in advance, and the popular expert accounts are gone as soon as they are released. If it is just common respiratory diseases such as common colds, flu, and mild bacterial pneumonia, you really can’t join in the fun. Tertiary A hospitals and even community health service centers can handle it completely. My colleague had a fever of 39 degrees Celsius last month. He insisted on calling the Sino-Japanese doctor and waited in line for more than two hours. The oseltamivir and antipyretic drugs he was prescribed in the end were exactly the same as those in the community hospital downstairs. He had been waiting for so long and suffered from the same pain.

If you have been to the local hospital for a long time without a diagnosis, or the treatment effect has not been good, it is not too late to go to these three hospitals. When you go, remember to bring all the previous examination reports and medication records, which can save a lot of time and money for repeated examinations.