Helping Your Child Breathe Easier

When your child struggles with their breathing, it can be incredibly worrying for any parent. Our Paediatric Respiratory Medicine team is dedicated to providing specialised care for infants, children, and adolescents with a wide variety of breathing disorders.

Our paediatric respiratory specialists are here to carefully diagnose and treat conditions affecting your child's breathing, lungs, or airway. We believe in a holistic approach, and depending on your child's unique health needs, our team often collaborates closely with other medical and nursing teams. This ensures your child receives comprehensive, multidisciplinary care, all under one roof.

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Dr Noor Zehan Binti Abdul Rahim

General Paediatrics, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

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Dr Norzila Binti Mohamed Zainudin

General Paediatrics, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

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RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS WE TREAT

Beyond our general consultation and follow-up clinics, our paediatric respiratory specialists have extensive experience in managing and treating many respiratory conditions, including:

A common chronic lung condition that can cause recurrent wheezing, coughing, and difficulty breathing. We help you understand and manage triggers like allergens or exercise, so your child can live life to the fullest.

We treat common short-term infections that affect your child's breathing, such as:

Common Cold (Viral Rhinitis): A mild viral infection causing a runny nose, cough, and sore throat.
Bronchiolitis: A viral infection often seen in infants, leading to inflammation and narrowing of small airways, with symptoms like wheezing and rapid breathing.
Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis): An upper airway viral infection characterised by a distinctive "barking" cough and noisy breathing.
Pneumonia: A lung infection (viral or bacterial) causing cough, fever, and difficulty breathing.
Bronchitis (Acute): Inflammation of the large airways, often after a cold, resulting in a persistent cough.

If your child's cough lasts more than 2 weeks, it can signal an underlying condition like asthma or allergies.

Recurrent respiratory infections may require further investigation to look for underlying issues.

Snoring and mouth-breathing in a child may suggest obstructive sleep apnoea, which needs to be investigated. This condition leads to restless sleep, frequent awakenings, daytime sleepiness, and a decline in school performance.

Comprehensive Care For Complex Needs

Our paediatric respiratory specialists play a vital role in the multidisciplinary management of complex conditions by providing long-term respiratory support for children who require non-invasive ventilation, such as BiPAP or CPAP, due to chronic respiratory conditions. This support may be needed for conditions such as:

Neuromuscular disorders which affect breathing due to muscular weakness such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Chronic lung diseases such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis
Surgical conditions that may need pre- or post-operative respiratory assessment, such as tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
Thoracic or spinal abnormalities such as scoliosis, which need respiratory assessment
Heart diseases with lung involvement

Advanced Diagnostics and Sleep Studies

To ensure the most accurate diagnosis and effective treatment plan, our centre offers advanced diagnostic services:

Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)

These tests help us understand how well your child's lungs are working, including:

Spirometry: Measures how much air your child can breathe in and out, and how quickly.
Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO): Helps our specialists assess airway inflammation, often related to asthma

Specialised Tests

Sleep Study: If we suspect sleep-disordered breathing, we can evaluate your child through a sleep study. We offer consultation services that may include oximetry testing and/or somnography.
Six-Minute Walk Test: Assesses exercise capacity, especially for cardiac and respiratory conditions.
Allergy Tests: To identify specific triggers for respiratory symptoms.
Bronchoscopy: A procedure to directly visualise your child's airways if needed.