Pneumonology

Doctors specializing in Pneumonology need to have broad, sufficient training in Internal Medicine, and to acquire knowledge of the physiology and pathology of the respiratory system, the diagnostic techniques and the correct application, interpretation and assessment of these, and the appropriate therapeutic tools.

In addition, doctors in training must be capable of interpreting experimental and epidemiological data and collaborating on aspects of preventive medicine, public health, teaching and research in relation to Pneumonology.

Pneumonology is the medical specialty that deals with the study of the physiology and pathology of the respiratory system, and the diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive techniques necessary to achieve its objectives.

The technique most related to Pneumonology is the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopies.

Applications of Pneymology

Applications of the specialty primarily include the diagnosis and treatment of the following:

Obstructive lung diseases: chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis.
Bronchial asthma.
Hypersensitivity lung diseases.
Lung infections, including tuberculosis and other diseases caused by mycobacteria, bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites.
Bronchopulmonary infections in immunosuppressed patients.
Primary and metastatic, benign and malignant neoplastic bronchopulmonary diseases.
Diffuse interstitial lung diseases.
Pulmonary vascular diseases, including pulmonary thromboembolism, primary or secondary pulmonary hypertension, vasculitis and intrapulmonary haemorrhagic syndromes.
Occupational diseases and environment-related diseases.
Iatrogenic diseases, including lung diseases induced by drugs and post-operative complications. Acute lung injuries, including those due to radiation, inhalation and trauma.
Pulmonary manifestations of systemic diseases, including collagen diseases, vascular diseases and primary diseases of other organs.
Respiratory insufficiency and its causes, including acute and chronic forms.
Diseases of the pleura.
Diseases of the mediastinum.
Genetic disorders and developmental disorders of the respiratory system.
Diseases of the respiratory musculature.
Diseases of the trachea and main bronchi.
Sleep-related respiratory disorders.
Lung transplantation.
Effects of nutritional disorders on the respiratory system.
Molecular and cellular biology in respiratory pathology.
Respiratory disorders and their treatment in hyper- and hypobaric conditions.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

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