Classification 2025 Winter Edition
Worldwide source of medical classification resourcesWF
Respiratory System
Schedule Contents
- Classify general works on the respiratory system and its diseases in children in WS 280-285.
- Classify works on respiratory system disease nursing and nursing of patients with specific respiratory diseases in WY 163.
Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WF 22; Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WF 23-24.
Collected works by several authors
Collected works by individual authors
Addresses. Essays. Lectures
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)
Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Atlases. Pictorial works
Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.Education
Classify here works about education.Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Research (General)
Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.Pulmonary medicine as a profession. Ethics. Peer review
Classify works on the specialty alone here. Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WF 100.
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.
Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)
Laboratory manuals. Technique
Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)
Classify works for use on special subjects by subject.General coverage (Not Table-G)
Individual hospitals, dispensaries, sanatoriums, clinics, etc. (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table-G)
Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)
General works
Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WF 140.
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Abnormalities
Respiratory physiological phenomena
Respiration
Respiratory system metabolism. Oxygen consumption
Respiratory system diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)
Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WF 100.
Respiration disorders
Respiratory insufficiency
Respiratory system infections
Respiratory system diagnostic techniques (General or not elsewhere classified)
Specific techniques, A-Z
Bronchial provocation tests
Capnography
Lung volume measurements
Whole body plethysmography
Spirometry
Respiratory signs and symptoms
Apnea
Therapeutics (General or not elsewhere classified)
Classify works on therapy for a specific disease with the disease.
Artificial respiration
Oxygen inhalation therapy
Respiratory hypersensitivity (General)
Classify localized reactions with organs affected, e.g., Hay fever in WV 335.
Tuberculosis (General or not elsewhere classified)
Classify works on tuberculosis of organs of other systems, with the organ or system.
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Immunological aspects
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Pathology
Diagnosis
Therapy
Diet. Rest. Exercise. Home care
Hospitalization. Climatotherapy
Surgery
Drug therapy
Miliary tuberculosis
Pleural tuberculosis
Tuberculosis in childhood
Respiratory system neoplasms (General or not elsewhere classified)
Bronchi
Bronchiectasis
Bronchitis. Tracheitis
Asthma
Pediatric
Lungs (General)
Classify works on the pneumonias in WC 202-209; on pulmonary tuberculosis in WF 300-360.
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Congenital abnormalities
Physiology
Lung diseases (General)
Pulmonary atelectasis
Obstructive lung diseases
Lung abscess
Fungal lung diseases
Lung injury
Interstitial lung diseases
Lung neoplasms
Include works on lung neoplasms of bronchial origin.
Pulmonary surgical procedures
Pleura. Pleural cavity
Pleurisy
Pleural empyema
Pneumothorax. Hemothorax
Artificial pneumothorax
Diaphragm
Diaphragmatic hernia
Mediastinum
Thoracic cavity (General or not elsewhere classified)
Classify here works on two or more systems within the thoracic cavity, e.g., on respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Classify works on the skeletal portion of the thorax in WE 715.
Thoracic diseases
Diagnosis. Diagnostic imaging
Thoracic surgical procedures (General)
Classify works on thoracic surgery as a profession in WO 21.
Thoracic injuries