Highlights from the journal CHEST^®, October 2022

October 13, 2022

Glenview, Illinois – Published monthly, the journal CHEST^® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and related disciplines. Journal topics include asthma, chest infections, COPD, critical care, diffuse lung disease, education and clinical practice, pulmonary vascular disease, sleep, thoracic oncology and the humanities.

The October issue of CHEST journal contains 43 articles, including clinically relevant research, reviews, case series, commentary and more. Each month, the journal also offers complementary web and multimedia activities, including visual abstracts, to expand the reach of its most interesting, timely and relevant research.

“In addition to the wide array of content available in this issue, the journal CHEST will also be publishing the abstracts being presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2022 on our dedicated meetings page,” says Editor in Chief of the journal CHEST, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP. “These abstracts will cover the latest research in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, and members of the press are encouraged to register to attend the CHEST Annual Meeting taking place October 16 to 19 in Nashville.”

Also included in the current issue of the journal CHEST:

• Critical Care
  Original research, “High-Flow Nasal Cannula Reduces Effort of Breathing But Not Consistently via Positive End-Expiratory Pressure,” suggests that positive end-expiratory pressure application is not the primary mechanism of action of high-flow nasal cannula in children with bronchiolitis. A visual abstract for the research can be viewed here.
• Pulmonary Vascular
  “Association of Right Ventricular Afterload With Atrial FibrillationRisk in Older Adults” finds higher right ventricular afterload is associated with greater atrial fibrillation risk independent of left atrium and left ventricular remodeling. A visual abstract for the research can be viewed here.

• Sleep
  The findings of original research, “A Trial of Intranasal Corticosteroids to Treat Childhood OSA Syndrome,” do not support the use of intranasal corticosteroids in most children with OSA. A visual abstract for the research can be viewed here.

• Thoracic Oncology
  A retrospective analysis, “Racial Disparities in the Surgical Treatment of Clinical Stage INon-Small Cell Lung Cancer Among Veterans,” highlights the need to minimize racial disparities in lung cancer care to improve treatment outcomes. For more research on disparities within medicine, the equity topic collection can be viewed here.

To view the entire October issue of the CHEST journal, visit journal.chestnet.org, and follow @journal_CHEST on Twitter for the latest journal news.

About the American College of Chest Physicians

The American College of Chest Physicians^® (CHEST) is the global leader in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases. Its mission is to champion advanced clinical practice, education, communication and research in chest medicine. It serves as an essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 19,000+ members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. For information about the American College of Chest Physicians, and its flagship journal CHEST ^®, visit chestnet.org.