Founded in July 2015, the Respiratory Medicine Division of Shenzhen Bao'an District Songgang People's Hospital is a clinical specialty of this Grade III general hospital integrating medical care, teaching, scientific research and disease prevention, and has passed the national standard assessment for standardized PCCM construction. The department has 47 inpatient beds, with an annual outpatient volume of around 30,000 visits and over 2,000 discharged patients per year. It undertakes diagnosis, treatment and emergency rescue of respiratory diseases within the service area.
The department has a total of 25 medical and nursing staff, including 2 Chief Physicians, 1 Associate Chief Physician and 5 Attending Physicians, among whom 70% hold master’s degrees. A well-structured talent team with balanced professional titles and high academic qualifications has been built, and multiple team members serve as committee members of the Respiratory Disease Branches of municipal and provincial medical associations.
The department treats common, frequently-occurring, complicated and critical respiratory disorders. It boasts prominent strengths in standardized diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchial asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary nodules, lung cancer, respiratory failure and pulmonary embolism. Rich clinical experience has been accumulated in managing complicated critical conditions such as recurrent fever of unknown origin, intractable cough, unexplained dyspnea, severe pneumonia, sepsis, comprehensive control of advanced lung cancer, pulmonary infection caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria and invasive pulmonary fungal infection.
Featured technologies include endobronchial ultrasound-guided pulmonary and lymph node biopsy, interventional bronchoscopy (cryotherapy, argon plasma coagulation, balloon dilation, foreign body removal), percutaneous lung biopsy, non-invasive/invasive mechanical ventilation and pulmonary rehabilitation therapy. The department independently performs Grade IV respiratory endoscopic surgeries including medical thoracoscopy and transbronchial cryobiopsy. The diagnostic accuracy for complicated cases and rescue success rate for critically ill patients both exceed 95%.
Equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment including electronic bronchoscopy system, endobronchial ultrasound system, pulmonary function tester, polysomnography monitor, non-invasive ventilator, invasive ventilator, non-invasive hemodynamic monitor and defibrillator, the department has constructed standardized respiratory endoscopy room, pulmonary function laboratory, sleep-disordered breathing monitoring room and respiratory intensive care unit, laying a solid foundation for precise diagnosis and critical care treatment.
In terms of research and teaching, the department has presided over and participated in nearly 10 municipal and district-level research projects, taken part in multiple GCP trials as a sub-center, and published more than 20 journal papers. It delivers theoretical courses and clinical internship training for medical colleges every year, contributing to the cultivation of local respiratory medicine professionals.
A specialized nursing model is implemented in clinical services. The nursing team focuses on three core areas: refined airway management, auxiliary techniques for respiratory intervention and full-cycle pulmonary rehabilitation management. Based on evidence-based nursing, the team provides seamless respiratory care covering emergency resuscitation, intensive monitoring and rehabilitation during stable disease stages for all patients.
Special clinics for COPD and asthma are available. The department cooperates with the Imaging Department and Thoracic Surgery Department to launch a pulmonary nodule MDT clinic, and acts as a core participant in the sleep disorder MDT clinic. Humanistic services such as smoking cessation counseling and respiratory rehabilitation training are also provided, keeping patient satisfaction consistently above 95 points.
In the future, targeting the establishment of a regional center for respiratory disease diagnosis and treatment, the department will prioritize the development of respiratory intervention, critical care and precise diagnosis of pulmonary nodules, continuously expand disciplinary influence, and deliver higher-quality, more efficient medical services to patients with respiratory illnesses.