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CHEST Guidelines

Rigorous, authoritative, and evidence-based—that’s how clinicians around the world describe our guidelines. We develop trustworthy recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of chest disease states that help clinicians provide exceptional patient care.

Through a highly regarded systematic review process, our panels of expert stakeholders evaluate relevant evidence and produce multidisciplinary guidelines that help clinicians respond to today’s challenges and improve patient health outcomes.

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FEATURED GUIDELINE

Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the ICU | September 2024

This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for RBC transfusion among critically ill patients overall and specific subgroups, including patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, acute coronary syndrome, cardiac surgery, isolated troponin elevation, and septic shock.

FEATURED GUIDELINE

Acquisition and Handling of Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Samples | September 2024

This guideline provides recommendations to identify best practices for the collection, processing, and handling of EBUS-TBNA specimens.

Our guidelines by topic area

CHEST's areas of focus are carefully chosen and center on the subspecialties and disease states where we can make the biggest difference in helping clinicians provide evidence-based patient care.

Airway Disorders

Get expert-backed strategies for the prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD, a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the world.

Chest Infections

Learn about the administration and monitoring of immunosuppressive drugs in patients with lung disease and lung transplant recipients.

Clinical Pulmonary

This collection aids clinical decision-making for the diagnosis and management of chronic and acute cough, plus associated complications.

Critical Care

See evidence-based guidance for caring for critically ill patients during pandemics, as well as methods for liberating patients from mechanical ventilation.

Interstitial Lung Disease

Our recommendations provide consensus-derived guidance for improving individual diagnostic decision-making for hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Interventional Pulmonary

These guidelines examine flexible bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration, and transbronchial cryobiopsy.

Pulmonary Vascular

Explore our reviews of the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension and the use of antithrombotic therapy for VTE disease, thrombosis, and atrial fibrillation.

Thoracic Oncology

Read our recently updated guideline on lung cancer screening, and see our recommendations for treating high-risk patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Learn how our guidelines are created

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Review our submission and development process

Every year, we accept proposals for new, high-quality guidelines during our call for topic submissions. The members of our guideline panels utilize a rigorous, evidence-based approach to identifying and synthesizing relevant literature, which is used to produce trustworthy clinical recommendations. We’re proud that our guidelines meet the highest standards in guideline development established by the National Academy of Medicine.

DEVELOPMENT & SUBMISSIONS

Partner with CHEST

We work with other medical societies and outside organizations to develop and distribute guidelines that align with our topic areas. Reach out if you’re interested in collaborating on a guideline or if you’d like to request an endorsement or review.

ENDORSEMENT REQUEST PROCESS »

GUIDELINES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP

Lisa Moores, MD, FCCP

Chair

Akram Khan, MD, FCCP

Akram Khan, MD, FCCP

Vice-Chair

Kevin O’Neil, MD, MHA, FCCP

Kevin O’Neil, MD, MHA, FCCP

Ex-Officio and Guidelines Dissemination/Implementation Liaison

Bathmapriya (Priya) Balakrishnan, MD, FCCP

Shari Brosnahan, MD

Rodrigo Cavallazzi, MD

Abigail Chua, MD

De De Gardner, RRT, DrPH, FCCP

Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc

Kamran Mahmood, MD, MPH

Hala Nas, MD – Clive Kearon Fellow

Yuji Oba, MD, FCCP

Namita Sood, MBBCh, FCCP

Janine Vintch, MD, FCCP

CHEST^® Journal Liaison: Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, CHEST Editor-in-Chief

Board of Regents Liaison: Douglas Arenberg, MD, FCCP

PURPOSE AND MISSION

The Guidelines Oversight Committee is responsible for overseeing the preparation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and expert panel reports on behalf of CHEST in the areas of cardiopulmonary medicine and surgery, critical care, sleep medicine, and related disciplines.

Underpinning the committee’s work is their mission to optimize patient care by generating the highest quality evidence-based guidelines and expert panel reports to support clinical practice in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chest diseases.