Which hospital in Beijing should I go to for respiratory diseases?

When looking for hospitals in Beijing to treat respiratory diseases, the three hospitals with the highest priority are usually China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University. They are basically the first echelon in the field of respiratory medicine in China.

Two years ago, I accompanied my distant cousin from my hometown to the respiratory department. He had interstitial pneumonia that had not been diagnosed in the hospital for more than half a year. He went to the respiratory department of China and Japan to see experts twice. Combining the biopsy and their rare lung disease database, a treatment plan was quickly determined, and now he is under good control.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that everyone has to go to these three companies. They also have to look at their actual situation. If it is just an ordinary upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, or a routine follow-up consultation and prescription of medicine for chronic bronchitis or asthma, a regular tertiary hospital or even a community hospital near your home can handle it. You don’t have to spend days trying to get a call and queue up for most of the day to see a 5-minute appointment, which makes your already uncomfortable body even more uncomfortable and delays your recovery.

If you really encounter complex and difficult problems, you can choose a hospital based on the symptoms. For example, unexplained pulmonary nodules, rare interstitial lung diseases, and situations requiring lung transplantation evaluation. As national respiratory medicine centers, China and Japan have the best case accumulation and diagnostic and treatment equipment in the country, and their advantages are obvious. ； If you have many basic diseases, such as immune diseases such as lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid combined with lung damage, or breathing problems that also involve other organs, then the advantages of multidisciplinary consultation at Union Medical College will be apparent. I had a colleague who had asthma combined with eosinophilia and skin allergies. After more than half a year of coordination with Union Medical College, he has rarely experienced acute attacks. ； If it is an emergency or severe respiratory problem, such as pulmonary embolism or acute respiratory distress syndrome, Chaoyang Hospital's respiratory critical illness treatment capabilities are recognized in the industry as strong.

There are also many patients around me who prefer to go to specialist hospitals such as Beijing Chest Hospital. They feel that they only focus on respiratory-related diseases and have more focused clinical experience. Some people only look for general hospitals, thinking that they do not need to be transferred in case of other complications. Each has its own reasons and there is no absolute right or wrong.

Here is a practical reminder. If you are not sure whether your condition is serious or not for the first time seeing a doctor, you can first do a basic blood test and lung CT at a tertiary hospital near your home, and then go to a large hospital to find a specialist with the test results. This can save a lot of time in running back and forth for examinations, and is much more efficient.