Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Medicine is mainly focused on the art of diagnosis and treatment with medication, but many subspecialties administer surgical treatment:
- Cardiology: angioplasty, cardioversion, cardiac ablation, intra-aortic balloon pump
- Gastroenterology: endoscopy and ERCP
- Pulmonology: Bronchoscopy
- Nephrology: dialysis
- Critical care medicine: mechanical ventilation
Read more about this topic: Internal Medicine
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