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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

Tobacco Treatment in the Inpatient Setting

Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, with high prevalence among hospitalized patients. This guideline includes eight evidence-based recommendations for tobacco treatment in the inpatient setting.


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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.


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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SLEEP

Fixed-Pressure vs Autoadjusting CPAP for BP Control in OSA

Limited data exist concerning the impact of fixed-pressure PAP (FPAP) and autoadjusting PAP (APAP) on BP in patients with OSA. A study in the journal CHEST examined if FPAP and APAP lead to different effects on BP in patients with hypertension and OSA.


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THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Place-Based Inequities in E-Cigarette/Vape and Cannabis Retail Density in Massachusetts: The Role of Child Opportunity and Social Vulnerability

As the legalized markets for cannabis and electronic nicotine delivery systems expand, there are growing concerns about increased youth exposure through retail accessibility. A study in the journal CHEST investigated how neighborhood-level opportunity and vulnerability, measured through the Child Opportunity Index and Social Vulnerability Index, relate to e-cigarette/vape and cannabis retail density in Massachusetts.

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See if you can answer this question based on a CHEST clinical practice guideline.

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.

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.

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