Common Respiratory Diseases by Diagnostic Categories
| Obstructive | |
| Asthma | Bronchiectasis |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Cystic fibrosis |
| Bronchiolitis | |
| Restrictive—Parenchymal | |
| Sarcoidosis | Pneumoconiosis |
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis | Drug- or radiation-induced interstitial lung disease Asbestosis |
| Restrictive—Extraparenchymal | |
| Neuromuscular | Chest wall/Pleural disease |
| Diaphragmatic weakness/paralysis | Kyphoscoliosis |
| Myasthenia gravis | Obesity |
| Guillain-Barré syndrome | Ankylosing spondylitis |
| Muscular dystrophies | Chronic pleural effusions |
| Cervical spine injury | |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
| Pulmonary Vascular Disease | |
| Pulmonary embolism | Pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| Malignancy | |
| Bronchogenic carcinoma (small cell or non-small-cell) | Cancer metastatic to lung |
| Infectious Diseases | |
| Pneumonia | Tracheitis |
| Bronchitis | |