Pneumonology

Pneumonology is a speciality that diagnoses and treats diseases of the respiratory system:

   Lung and bronchial diseases: asthma, respiratory allergies, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, respiratory failure, pneumonia, lung diseases, tuberculosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pleurisy

•    Sleep apnoea
•    Cancers (trachea, bronchus, lung, pleura)

This speciality is handled by 11 pulmonologists.

In addition to explorations performed using imaging techniques (x-rays, scanners), pneumological examinations more specifically include endoscopy (bronchial fibroscopies), functional respiratory explorations (FRE) with VO2 max cardiopulmonary exercise tests, sleep investigations.