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Pulmonology |
Every breath of life brings energy to our body. In this time when pollution is highest, impure air creates lot many problems to lungs.
Pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respiratory tract.
Pulmonology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases, as well as secondary prevention.
- Spirometry (the determination of lung volumes in time by breathing into a dedicated machine; response to bronchodilatators and diffusion of carbon monoxide).
- Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), endobronchial and transbronchial biopsy and epithelial brushing.
- CT scanning (MRI scanning is rarely used).
- Scintigraphy and other methods of nuclear medicine.
- Polysomnography (sleep studies) commonly used for the diagnosis of Sleep apnea.
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