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

• Dyspnea
• Cough
• Expectoration
• thoracic Vomique
• Pain
• Hémoptysie

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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

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