Pulmonology

Pulmonology (, , from Latin pulmō, -ōnis "lung" and the Greek suffix "study of"), pneumology (, built on Greek πνεύμων "lung") or pneumonology () is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. It is also known as respirology, respiratory medicine, or chest medicine in some countries and areas.

condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level

agent that aids in the clearance of mucus from the airways, lungs, bronchi, and trachea

type of surgical drain, plastic tubing used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space

specific sound generated by the movement of air through the respiratory system

thumb|Plaque honouring Robert W. Philip, phthisiologist in Edinburgh Phthisiology is the care, treatment, and study of tuberculosis of the lung. It is therefore considered a specialisation within the area of pulmonology.

thumb|Vascular, bronchial and parenchymal margins of a lobectomy, showing staple line of bronchial margin being removed with scissors. Lobectomy means surgical excision of a lobe. This may refer to a lobe of the lung (also simply called a lobectomy), a lobe of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy), a lobe of the brain (as in anterior temporal lobectomy), or a lobe of the liver (hepatectomy). __TOC__

primary cause of death for victims of fires

volumetric proportion of oxygen to other constituents in a breathing gas

Baritosis is a benign type of pneumoconiosis, which is caused by long-term exposure to the dust of insoluble compounds of barium, such as ground baryte ore.

number of apnea and hypopnea events per hour of sleep

partial pressure of blood gases

Although the term has occasionally been used in other ways, in medical literature biotrauma is usually defined as a severe inflammatory response produced in the lungs of patients who breathe by means of a mechanical ventilator for a long period of time. The term was coined in a 1998 paper by L. N. Tremblay and A. S. Slutsky, titled Ventilator-induced injury: from barotrauma to biotrauma. The message of that paper was that barotrauma caused by pressure differentials is only one of several types of lung damage that a ventilator can produce.

test which tests blood to measure blood gas tension values

microscopic finding in the sputum of asthmatics

volume of air in the lungs at the end of passive expiration

valve used in respiratory medicine

medical intervention