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Highlights from May

This month’s handpicked reading list

ASTHMA

A Total Diet Replacement Weight Management Program for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma Associated With Obesity

Over 16 weeks, original research shows that the Counterweight-Plus Programme resulted in clinically relevant improvements in both asthma control and quality-of-life indexes, with substantial weight loss, as compared with usual care.

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CHEST INFECTIONS

Motile Ciliary Disorders of the Nasal Epithelium in Adults With Bronchiectasis

Original research shows nasal ciliary markers profiling provides complimentary information to clinical endotyping of bronchiectasis.

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CRITICAL CARE

Differential Effect of Targeted Temperature Management Between 32 °C and 36 °C Following Cardiac Arrest According to Initial Severity of Illness

Looking at targeted temperature management in the ICU, original research finds 32 °C to 36 °C was significantly associated with a better outcome in patients with low and high severity at ICU admission assessed according to the Cardiac Arrest Hospital Prognosis score.


EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Nebulized vs IV Tranexamic Acid for Hemoptysis

A pilot, randomized controlled trial suggests nebulized tranexamic acid (TA) may be more efficacious than IV TA in reducing the amount of hemoptysis and need for interventional procedures in the ED.

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SLEEP

Remote Monitoring of Positive Airway Pressure Data: Challenges, Pitfalls, and Strategies to Consider for Optimal Data Science Applications

A special feature looks at positive airway pressure remote monitoring as a way to transform the management of OSA.

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THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Pulmonary Nodules, Lung Cancer Screening, and Lung Cancer in the Medicare Population

Assessing the relationship between pulmonary nodules (PNs) and lung cancer in the Medicare population, original research suggests PNs represent a relatively common presentation of potentially curable lung cancer.

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Cardiac Effort to Compare Clinic and Remote 6-Minute Walk Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Journal CHEST® authors, Daniel Lachant, DO, and R. James White, MD, PhD, discuss the article, "Cardiac Effort to Compare Clinic and Remote 6-Minute Walk Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension."

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Editor in Chief:
Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP

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Archived back to 1935


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Acceptance rate: 9-13% for Original Research

Time to first decision: 3 weeks

Acceptance to publication: 2 to 3 weeks to Online First, 5 months to print

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11.393

Impact Factor

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Impact Factor Rank

3.615

Immediacy Index

.04574

Eigenfactor Score

3.431

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