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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.

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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.


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FEATURED GUIDELINE

Transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelets in Critically Ill Adults

This guideline provides recommendations for the transfusion of fresh frozen plasma or platelets in critically ill patients with thrombocytopenia, with and without active bleeding, who are undergoing invasive procedures.


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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ASTHMA

Intermittent Asthma and Risk of Severe Exacerbation in Children

Because of risk of severe asthma exacerbations, current Global Initiative for Asthma recommendations advise against use of short-acting beta-agonists alone as the first step in treating mild asthma. A study in the journal CHEST® sought to determine if there is a subgroup of pediatric patients with mild asthma with very low risk of severe asthma exacerbations.


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COPD

Temporal Trends, Setting, and Timing of Palliative and Hospice Care in COPD in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2020

People with COPD experience physical, psychosocial, and health care burdens that decrease their quality of life, and early specialist palliative care is recommended to alleviate these burdens. A study in CHEST® Pulmonary examined what factors are associated with palliative care use among decedents with COPD.

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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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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.

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.