CHESTGuidelines & Topic CollectionsPublicationsCHEST Critical Care Journal
CHEST Critical Care Journal

CHEST® Critical Care

As part of the CHEST® journal portfolio, CHEST Critical Care advances the care of patients served by multidisciplinary clinicians across critical care medicine. As an open access publication, CHEST Critical Care features content that is permanently and freely available online for all.

READ CHEST CRITICAL CARE

Advertisement

Browse recent research from CHEST Critical Care

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Impact of Racial Differences in Hypoxia Distribution on the Measured Prevalence of Occult Hypoxemia by Pulse Oximeters

Do underlying differences in arterial oxygen distributions, as a manifestation of systematic or interpersonal racism, impact occult hypoxemia estimates by race? Examine the results in this article.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Adaptation and Uncertainty: A Qualitative Examination of Provider Experiences With Prone Positioning for Intubated Patients With COVID-19 ARDS

How have clinicians adapted prone positioning for ARDS to the COVID-19 context, and what clinician uncertainties remain regarding optimal proning use? Review the results of this research.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Current Use, Training, and Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in ICUs in the Department of Veterans Affairs

How do critical care physicians in practice currently use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), which POCUS applications are most desired for training, and what barriers exist to POCUS use in clinical practice in ICUs? Read more in this article.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan for the Pragmatic Trial Examining Oxygenation Prior to Intubation of Preoxygenation With Noninvasive Ventilation vs Oxygen Mask in Critically Ill Adults

Does preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation prevent hypoxemia during tracheal intubation of critically ill adults compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask? Explore the findings from this study.

Submit your research to CHEST Critical Care

CHEST Critical Care accepts submissions of original research, which includes early-phase clinical trials, implementation science, health service delivery, medical decision-making, cost-effectiveness analyses, quality improvement, database analyses, artificial intelligence applications, clinical education research, methodology/study design descriptions, region-specific reports, and secondary analysis of published data or data subsets.

Note about article publishing charges: After acceptance, authors of CHEST Critical Care will be asked to pay an article publishing charge. CHEST strives to make open-access publishing accessible for all. Learn about opportunities for discounted or waived article publication charges, including a 20% discount for CHEST members.

SUBMIT YOUR RESEARCH

Get advice for authors and more from the Editors in Chief

Learn more from the Editors in Chief of the journal CHEST portfolio about the open access model, what to expect from the new publications, and advice for authors looking to submit their research for publication.

WATCH THE VIDEO »

READ THE BLOG »

The impact of CHEST Critical Care

CHEST Critical Care expands the focus of the CHEST journal portfolio to more comprehensively cover the unique challenges faced every day by clinicians treating patients with critical illness.

A new home for critical care

Going well beyond pulmonary medicine, CHEST Critical Care offers clinicians working in every area of critical care a new home within the CHEST community for leading-edge research and insights relevant to their practice.

New publishing opportunities

As more institutions mandate publication in open-access journals, and the number of submissions to the flagship journal continues to increase, CHEST Critical Care offers more opportunities for clinicians to publish their research and impact the way we deliver patient care.

Greater access to research

With an open-access model, any reader anywhere can access the findings published in CHEST Critical Care, helping more clinicians across the world deliver more informed patient care.

Hayley Gershengorn, MD
MEET THE EDITOR

Hayley Gershengorn, MD

Dr. Gershengorn, the Editor in Chief of CHEST Critical Care, is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, where she works as a medical intensivist. She serves as Medical Director of Data Quality Analytics and Critical Care Quality for the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Gershengorn’s research program focuses on the allocation of ICU resources and the impact such allocation has on the outcomes of critically ill patients.

CHEST Journals

Browse CHEST scholarly journals

CHEST Critical Care is part of the CHEST family of journals. Learn about our other publications:

CHEST Journal, our flagship journal, features the best in peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine.

CHEST Pulmonary advances the care of patients served by multidisciplinary clinicians across pulmonary and sleep medicine.

CHEST Journals

More critical care medicine resources from CHEST

Difficult Airway simulation course

Simulation courses

Discover in-person training with expert instructors at CHEST’s hands-on simulation courses, which cover topics like airway management and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
CHEST SEEK™

CHEST SEEK™

Access 1,250+ case-based questions from experts and earn 300+ CME/MOC/CE credits through the digital CHEST SEEK Library subscription or SEEK books.
Journal commentary on tablet

CHEST Physician® Critical Care Commentary

Follow the latest reviews of important findings and opinions on changes in practice from clinicians across the field of critical care in the CHEST Physician publication.