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Pulmonology ❗

Pulmonology or pneumology is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. It is also known as respirology, respiratory medicine, or chest medicine in some countries and areas.

Pulmonology is considered a branch of internal medicine, and is related to intensive care medicine. Pulmonology often involves managing patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation. Pulmonologists are specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.

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  • Lung Image Database Consortium - The intent of the Lung Imaging Database Consortium (LIDC) initiative was to support a consortium of institutions to develop consensus guidelines for a spiral CT lung image resource and to construct a database of spiral CT lung images.
  • Belarus tuberculosis portal

Startups

  • ResApp Health is developing digital healthcare solutions to assist doctors and empower patients to diagnose and manage respiratory disease. We are creating easy to use, affordable, clinically-validated and regulatory-approved diagnostic tools that only require a smartphone.
  • FLUIDDA is the world leader in the field of Functional Respiratory Imaging. This technique combines HRCT scans and Computational Fluid Dynamics technology, which offers vast improvements by making clinical trials shorter, faster and thus, more cost effective.
  • myCOPD helps people with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) to better manage their condition. Use it to perfect your inhaler technique, improve your breathing, reduce exacerbations, track your medication and more.
  • Tambua Health
  • Preferred Networks, Inc