Pulmonary medicine
Pulmonary medicine - a medical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of lung disorders and other breathing problems.
Pulmonologists[edit | edit source]
- Physicians that are trained in the field of pulmonary medicine are called pulmonologists or lung specialists.
- Many of the lung specialists or pulmonary physicians are also trained in the field of critical care or intensive care medicine and or sleep medicine specialists although each physician's training and experience varies.
Conditions[edit | edit source]
Pulmonologists are physicians that diagnose and treat respiratory and lung problems such as asthma, COPD, pneumonia, lung cancer, aspergillosis, COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.
Tests and procedures[edit | edit source]
Also called the lung doctors, pulmonologists perform many tests and procedures including the following:
Tests
- Bronchoscopy
- Chest X-Ray
- CT scan
- CT Scan-Guided lung biopsy
- Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
- Spirometry
Procedures
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