{"id":2459,"date":"2024-08-09T11:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/consultas\/pulmonology"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T10:56:35","slug":"pulmonology","status":"publish","type":"consultas","link":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/consultations\/pulmonology","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pulmonology consultation<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pulmonology<\/strong> is a medical specialty dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory system.<br \/>\nIn addition to these diseases, there are other pathologies within the scope of Pulmonology that are relevant due to their high frequency, preventability and treatment &#8211; Respiratory Infections (of the Upper Airways, Tracheobronchitis, Pneumonia) &#8211; or due to their systemic involvement &#8211; Diseases of the Pulmonary Interstitium, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Extrapulmonary Diseases (pleural and mediastinal).<br \/>\nDuring the consultation, the specialist doctor carries out complementary tests such as spirometry, chest X-ray and tomography, cardio-respiratory study of nocturnal sleep and oximetry. <strong>Pulmonology can then, for example, intervene in the following cases:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);<\/li>\n<li>Respiratory failure;<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary tuberculosis;<\/li>\n<li>Respiratory infections;<\/li>\n<li>Lung cancer;<\/li>\n<li>Sleep apnea;<\/li>\n<li>Pneumonia;<\/li>\n<li>Bronchitis;<\/li>\n<li>Asthma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1836,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2459","consultas","type-consultas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultas\/2459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/consultas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}