Literature Review

This CHEST collection contains reviews in critical care medicine.

Ost D, Simoff M, Feller-Kopman D, et al. Risk-adjusted diagnostic yield and outcomes for endobronchial ultrasound-guided TBNA: results of the ACCP AQuIRE Registry [abstract]. Chest 2009; 136:69S-e

Ernst A, Simoff M, Ost D, et al. Prospective risk-adjusted morbidity and mortality outcome analysis after therapeutic bronchoscopic procedures results of a multi-institutional outcomes database. Chest 2008; 134:514-519

 This study tested the hypothesis that serum osteoprotegerin levels on admission are associated with long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

This study tested the hypothesis that nitric oxide synthase inhibition using NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) by bolus plus a 5 h moderate dose infusion would reduce 30-day all-cause mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute myocardial infarction in patients with an open infarct-related artery.

In the context of coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus is a challenging risk factor for both the cardiologists and the cardiac surgeons, alike.

Literature recommendations from the Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork.

Literature recommendations from the Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork.

Literature recommendations from the Pulmonary Vascular Disease NetWork.

This study reviewed learning associated with journal-based CME from peer-reviewed medical journals as an educational model to increase physician awareness of evidence-based approaches to medical care.

Fundamental clinical skills in undergraduate medical education appear to be declining over the past several years.