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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.

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.

Depiction of bronchiectasis with dilated bronchi and excessive mucus in human respiratory system

FEATURED GUIDELINE

Management of Adult Bronchiectasis

This guideline provides 13 evidence-based recommendations addressing duration and route of antibiotic therapy, long-term suppressive antibiotic and anti-inflammatory therapies, airway clearance strategies, and more.

A woman sleeps with a positive airway pressure machine

FEATURED GUIDELINE

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy

This guideline provides nine evidence-based recommendations for treating pregnant patients with OSA.

Guidelines by topic

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

Interstitial Lung Disease

Interventional Pulmonary

Pulmonary Vascular

Thoracic Oncology

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.

ASTHMA

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome and the Association With Preschool Asthma

Although the perinatal presentation of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is well described, its long-term association with asthma remains unknown. A retrospective cohort study published in the journal CHEST examined the association between MAS and subsequent development of preschool asthma.

Male patient undergoing CT scan in a machine operated by a man wearing scrubs

THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Linking Lungs and Heart: Centrilobular Emphysema and Coronary Artery Calcification Progression Over 18 Years of Follow-Up

Low-dose CT imaging of the chest for lung cancer screening provides an opportunity to evaluate smoking-related comorbidities such as emphysema and coronary artery calcification (CAC). A study in the journal CHEST investigated the relationship between emphysema subtype and long-term CAC progression, a topic that had not been widely studied.

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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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Listen to our latest podcasts

Original Investigation | CHEST® Journal Podcast

Patient Perceptions of Quality of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening in Telehealth vs In-Person Discussions

Originally aired: September 2, 2026

Learn about research into how the method of shared decision-making, in-person or telehealth, affects patients’ perceptions of quality of shared decision-making for lung cancer screening.

Association of Timely Antibiotics and Fluid Resuscitation With Increased Discharge to Home After Sepsis

Originally aired: August 7, 2026

Find out about research into the impact of timely antibiotic delivery and fluid resuscitation on discharge to home after sepsis.

Association Between Admission Eosinophil Count and Hospital Resource Use in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Originally aired: August 5, 2026

Listen to research into the association between admission blood eosinophil counts and hospital resource utilization among adults with community-acquired pneumonia.

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.

Asthma

COPD

Critical Care

ILD

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Sepsis

Sleep

Thoracic Oncology

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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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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.

BROWSE THE LATEST NEWS »