Pulmonary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes diagnosis prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs. Pulmonary medicine deals with many diseases and conditions including ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome asthma COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cystic fibrosis interstitial lung disease lung cancer lung transplants occupational lung disease pulmonary hypertension pulmonary tuberculosis and sarcoidosis of the lungs. Pulmonary medicine is also