肺药:The branch of medicine that deals with the causes,diagnosis,preventionand treatment of diseases affecting thelungs.
Pulmonary medicinedeals with many diseases and conditions, including:ARDS(acute respiratory distress syndrome),asthma,COPD(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease),cystic fibrosis,interstitial lung disease,lung cancer, lung transplants, occupational lungdisease,pulmonary hypertension,pulmonarytuberculosis,sarcoidosisof the lungs, andSARS(severe acute respiratory syndrome).
Pulmonary medicine is also sometimes calledpulmonologywhich is thescienceconcerned with theanatomy,physiology, andpathologyof the lungs.
