Chest Diseases

Chest diseases is an important medical specialty that encompasses the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of many diseases affecting the respiratory system. At Yeditepe University Hospitals, Department of Chest Diseases, adult patients are provided with international standard services in line with the latest developments in global medicine. The department offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services through its outpatient clinic, bronchoscopy unit, pulmonary function laboratory, and allergy skin testing applications.

What is Chest Diseases (Pulmonology)?

Chest Diseases is the medical field concerned with the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of respiratory system diseases. Within this scope, assessments are made for many diseases affecting the lungs and airways, and diagnostic and treatment processes are planned according to the needs of the patients.
Yeditepe University Hospitals, Department of Chest Diseases, closely follows the latest developments in global medicine and provides international standard services to adult patients. The department offers patient-specific solutions across a wide spectrum through its outpatient clinic, bronchoscopy unit, pulmonary function laboratory, and allergy skin testing applications.

What Does Chest Diseases Cover?

Some of the treatable conditions addressed by the Department of Chest Diseases include:

• Asthma,
• All smoking-related lung diseases, such as chronic bronchitis and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease),
• Lung cancer,
• Infectious lung diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis,
• Interstitial lung diseases (e.g., sarcoidosis, drug-induced lung problems, occupational exposures), and many other conditions.

In addition to medical treatment, physician follow-up, and counseling and monitoring for smoking cessation, the department also provides respiratory physiotherapy for hospitalized patients.