The department of pulmonary diseases is the department that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring in the lungs and respiratory system.
Asthma
allergic diseases
Bronchitis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
pulmonary embolism
chronic cough
Lung cancer
Breathing disorders that occur during sleep
Department physicians, who deal with many ailments such as diseases that develop due to smoking addiction, work with a multidisciplinary approach and organize treatments.
When necessary for diagnosis and treatment, many different techniques such as advanced radiological imaging examinations, laboratory tests, forced vital capacity test performed in the respiratory function laboratory, and diffusion test are used.
Specialist physicians who diagnose and treat chest diseases also help their patients about smoking addiction, smoking-related diseases and smoking cessation methods.
In the light of developing technology and medical science, physicians of the pulmonology department, who diagnose, treat and monitor lung diseases, receive 4 years of specialist training for the pulmonology department after 6 years of medical school education. Chest diseases specialists diagnose and treat diseases by taking a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases such as diseases that develop due to allergic factors, lung cancer and breathing problems that develop during sleep.
In addition, department physicians prepare reports regarding the tests performed and, when necessary, provide information and training to patients and their relatives about what to do after discharge.