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pneumonology

(ˌnjuːməˈnɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Medicine) med rare the study of the respiratory system
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Randerath is with the pneumonology clinic and the Allergology Center for Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care at Bethanien Hospital in Solingen, Germany.
In-hospital and two year survival of patients treated with mechanical ventilation for acute exacerbation of COPD; Archives of Broncho pneumonology: 2004 July;40(7):295-301.
An 83-year-old woman was referred to the pneumonology department of our hospital due to increasing productive cough and haemoptysis.
(2) Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi / Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Oddzial Pneumonologii i Alergologii / Department of Pneumonology and Allergy
(1) School of Medicine, Laboratory ofMolecular and Cellular Pneumonology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
(3) Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland School of Medicine in Katowice, Department of Pneumonology
Practitioners' Specialties and Percentage Over the Total Number of Participants Percentage over total number of Number of medical participants participants by per speciality speciality Accidents and Emergency 15 13.6 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 8 7.3 Cardiology 2 1.8 Dermatology 3 2.7 Haematology 1 0.9 Internal Medicine 8 7.3 Microbiology 4 3.6 Neurology 9 8.2 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 12 10.9 Ophthalmology 10 9.1 Otorhinolaryngology 2 1.8 Paediatrics 4 3.6 Paediatric surgery 2 1.8 Pharmacology 1 0.9 Physical Medicine and 5 4.5 Rehabilitation Pneumonology 5 4.5 Radiology 6 5.5 Surgery 5 4.5 Traumatology 2 1.8 Urology 6 5.5 Total 110 100.0 Table 2.
"In Cyprus 4.9 per cent of the population suffer from COPD, but what is noteworthy is the fact that 51.7 per cent of these people did not know they had the disease when they were examined during a research study of the General Nicosia Hospital's pneumonology clinic in 2008," Patsalis said.
Assessment of hemoptysis etiology among patients hospitalized in Pneumonology Department of Medical University of Gdansk in the years 1998-2002.
Table-1: Specialty and Sex of Physicians who's Stethoscopes Belonged Specialty Men Women % of Total Anaesthesiologist 0 2 4.4 Cardiologist 1 0 2.2 Gastroenterology 1 0 2.2 Intensive Care Unit 4 0 8.9 Neurology 1 2 6.7 Pathology 12 6 40 Paediatrician 2 6 17.8 Pneumonology 0 3 6.7 Surgery 4 1 11 Total 25 20 Table-2: Biochemical Reactions for Staphylococcus spp.
All patients included in the study underwent thoracentesis for diagnostic purpose by the Department of Pneumonology. The pleural fluid aspirate was subjected to cytological, microbiological (including mycobacteriological) culture and cytokine assays.
The specimens were collected from all eligible patients at four ICUs (Medical, Medical-surgical, Pneumonology, and Adult Emergency).