Pulmonary Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment

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Pulmonology is a specialty which is concerned with the management of the diseases of the respiratory tract. It include asthma, pneumonia, emphysema, tuberculosis and chest infections. The diagnosis of a pulmonary condition can be rigorous and may involve measurement of respiratory rate, inspection of signs of clubbing or cyanosis in hands, palpation of the trachea and the cervical lymph nodes, auscultation of the lung fields for unusual breath sounds, etc. Pulmonary clinical procedures include various pulmonary tests and procedures, such as spirometry, pulmonary function tests, scintigraphy, c...

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