Disciplines and Occupations

Pulmonary Medicine

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree.

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Abstract

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Medicine, Pulmonary
  • Pneumology
  • Pneumonology
  • Pulmonology
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Medicine, Respiratory

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty only; do not confuse with LUNG DISEASES

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History Note

2009 (1989)

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Previous Indexing

  • Internal Medicine (1966-1988)
  • Lung Diseases (1966-1988)

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WF 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015272. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015272
  2. Pulmonary Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonology
  3. Pulmonary Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203337