"Pulmonary Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D015272
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Medicine- Pulmonary Medicine
- Pneumonology
- Respiratory Medicine
- Medicine, Respiratory
- Pulmonology
- Pneumology
- Medicine, Pulmonary
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulmonary Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. The ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference Committee. American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine. Chest. 1992 Jun; 101(6):1644-55.