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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.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination in the Adult Pulmonary Patient
A review in the journal CHEST® analyzes the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in patients with pulmonary diseases, highlights the path from the early days of RSV vaccine development to the modern era, and offers insights into key gaps in knowledge that must be addressed.
‘Against Medical Advice’ Discharges After Respiratory-Related Hospitalizations: Strategies for Respectful Care
Against medical advice (AMA) discharges are common after admissions for respiratory conditions such as COPD and asthma, and they are associated with poor outcomes. A case discussion in the journal CHEST® argues that implementing strategies like preventing an AMA discharge will allow clinicians to deliver respectful and higher-quality care to an often-marginalized population of patients with respiratory disease.
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Each month, the journal CHEST Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, adds context and commentary to important articles featured in the new issue.
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With the Bridging Specialties™: Timely Diagnosis for ILD initiative, we're defining a clearer clinician-guided approach to diagnosis for interstitial lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis. Explore expert-based clinical resources that you can use in your practice.
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Do you want to hear directly from your colleagues on the topics that matter most? Catch up on episodes that feature critical discussions with giants in the field and hear directly from authors featured in CHEST journal.
Originally aired: November 1, 2024
CHEST® journal Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key articles published in the November 2024 issue.
Mariachiara Ippolito, MD, and Andrea Cortegiani, MD, discuss their research exploring the association of different methods for conducting spontaneous breathing trials with the risk of reintubation among critically ill adult patients.
Originally aired: October 1, 2024
Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD, discusses a cross-sectional survey of adult ICU clinicians exploring interprofessional ICU staffing availability and roles at a steady state before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Originally aired: September 2, 2024
Jae-Joon Yim, MD, discusses a study exploring the clinical course of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in patients observed over more than 5 years.
Clinical advances, practice management updates, medical conference highlights—reading the CHEST Physician® publication is the easiest way to be in the know every month.