Pulmonary Medicine: Clinical Practice

Pulmonary medicine is the speciality of medicine that is concerned with the diseases related to the respiratory tract. It is a branch of internal medicine which deals with patients that need life support and mechanical ventilation. Pulmonary medicine helps in the treatment of diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, emphysema, etc. The clinical procedures to detect such diseases include laboratory investigation of blood, spirometry, ...