Pneumology

In Medicine, the pneumology is the branch which deals with Maladie S of the Poumon S and the respiratory Tractus. She, in general, is regarded as a branch of the Internal medicine, although she is very close to the Intensive care when they are patients who require a mechanical Ventilation.

Pulmonary examinations

Functional signs

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Physical signs

  • Cyanosite
  • Polypnée
  • Apnea
  • digital Hippocratisme
  • chronic respiratory Insufficiency
  • acute respiratory Insufficiency
  • pulmonary Sounding abnormal

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Exploration in pneumology

  • bronchial Fibroscopie
  • Gas of blood
  • functional Tests respiratory
  • cyto-bacteriological Examination of spittles
  • pulmonary Scanner
  • Thoracoscopie Pleuroscopie
  • Intradermoréaction with tuberculin
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Lung diseases

Famous lung specialists

  • Laënnec
  • Sergio Salmeron, chief of the Service of Pneumology to the Hospital Saint-Joseph (Paris), author of one of the references DCEM for ECN

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