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Guidelines & Topic Collections

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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Enhance your patient care with evidence-based guidelines

Used throughout the world, our multidisciplinary guidelines help translate quality evidence into applicable recommendations that enrich patient care and improve health outcomes.

Asthma in the lungs

FEATURED GUIDELINE

Biologic Management in Severe Asthma for Adults

This guideline examines the literature related to choice of biologic agent in patients with severe asthma and consists of seven evidence-based recommendations to optimize their use.

Illustration of cancer in the lungs

FEATURED GUIDELINE

Management of Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

This CHEST guideline examines the literature on primary treatment of patients with stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer and consists of 17 evidence-based recommendations that surgeons can implement in their own practice.

Guidelines by topic

Access CHEST’s full collection of guidelines, expert panel reports, and consensus statements.

Guideline topics

Explore the latest research

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.

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DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

Quantitative CT Imaging in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: Clinical Usefulness and Meaningful Threshold Definition

Although quantitative CT imaging offers objective evaluation of radiologic progression in nonidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis fibrosing interstitial lung disease, clinically meaningful thresholds for defining progressive pulmonary fibrosis remain unclear. A study in the journal CHEST® investigated the minimal clinically important differences in quantitative CT imaging-based fibrosis score changes over one year and six months.

Right-sided pulmonary embolism
PULMONARY VASCULAR

Effects of Clot Burden and Distribution on Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Patients

The importance of clot burden on CT scan in determining outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) is poorly studied. A study in CHEST® Pulmonary examined the impact of clot burden and distribution on clinical outcomes in patients with PE.

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Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP

Editor Highlights Podcast

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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Take a deep dive into your clinical interests

Whatever your specialty, CHEST has a topic collection that you’ll be interested in. Uncover insights from key opinion leaders, find CME opportunities, and discover original research articles.

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Asthma
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COPD
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Critical Care
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ILD
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Pulmonary Vascular Disease
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Sepsis
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Sleep
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Thoracic Oncology

Stay at the forefront of chest medicine

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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Stay at the forefront of chest medicine

Clinical advances, practice management updates, medical conference highlights—reading the CHEST Physician® publication is the easiest way to be in the know every month.

Listen to our latest podcasts

Humanities | CHEST® Journal Podcast

Humanities: My Voice (Episode 5)

Originally aired: May 14, 2026

Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD, FCCP, discusses how her journey of self-advocacy while navigating a cancer diagnosis and her experience of immigrating to Russia and the United States influence her ability to empathize with and advocate for her patients.

Original Investigation | CHEST® Journal Podcast

Exacerbation Risk by Chronic Proton Pump Inhibitor Use in Obstructive Lung Diseases

Originally aired: May 1, 2026

Hear about research into the association between long-term proton pump inhibitor use and exacerbation risk in patients with chronic obstructive airway diseases.

Original Investigation | CHEST® Journal Podcast

Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Patients With Nosocomial Respiratory Infections: A Secondary Analysis of the European Network for ICU-Related Respiratory Infections

Originally aired: May 1, 2026

Hear about research into the prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients with nosocomial respiratory infections in the ICU.