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Everything we publish is designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest news, approaches, and ideas in chest medicine. From the most relevant research findings to the most significant clinical guidelines, these are the highly accredited resources you count on from CHEST.
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Used throughout the world, our multidisciplinary guidelines help translate quality evidence into applicable recommendations that enrich patient care and improve health outcomes.
FEATURED GUIDELINE
Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the ICU
This CHEST guideline contains six evidence-based recommendations for RBC transfusion among critically ill patients overall and specific subgroups, including patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, acute coronary syndrome, and more.
Acquisition and Handling of Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Samples
This CHEST guideline contains nine evidence-based recommendations to identify best practices for the collection, processing, and handling of EBUS-TBNA specimens.
Access CHEST’s full collection of guidelines, expert panel reports, and consensus statements.
Guideline topics
Airway Disorders
Chest Infections
Clinical Pulmonary
Critical Care
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary Vascular
Thoracic Oncology
The CHEST® journal portfolio features the best in peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine—pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine—and related disciplines. With a loyal readership base, the portfolio, including the journals CHEST, CHEST® Critical Care, and CHEST® Pulmonary, is one of the most highly regarded, and up-to-date sources of clinical knowledge in the field.
Implementation and Effectiveness of Guideline-Recommended Clinical Activities for Children With Asthma
Guidelines advise minimizing asthma exacerbation risks through good clinical practice activities. A study in the journal CHEST® investigated if asthma reviews, inhaler technique checks, and asthma management plans could prevent asthma exacerbations in children with asthma.
Impact of Perioperative Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use on Clinical Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
Studies on pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use in patients undergoing cardiac surgery are scarce, and none have shown results favoring PAC in terms of postoperative mortality. A study in the journal CHEST® investigated if perioperative PAC use decreases one-year all-cause mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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Clinical advances, practice management updates, medical conference highlights—reading the CHEST Physician® publication is the easiest way to be in the know every month.
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CHEST® journal Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key articles published in the April 2025 issue.
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