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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.
Used throughout the world, our multidisciplinary guidelines help translate quality evidence into applicable recommendations that enrich patient care and improve health outcomes. The next time you are faced with a clinical decision, turn to our clinical practice guidelines for the most relevant interventions in chest medicine.
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Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease
The second update of this CHEST guideline and expert panel report on venous thromboembolism (VTE) contains 29 recommendations covering whether to treat, interventional and adjunctive treatments, complications, and more.
Screening for Lung Cancer
These new guidelines provide 16 recommendations on the selection of screen-eligible individuals, the quality of imaging and image interpretation, the management of screen-detected findings, and the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions.
Access CHEST’s full collection of guidelines, expert panel reports, and consensus statements.
Guideline topics
Airway Disorders
Chest Infections
Clinical Pulmonary
Critical Care
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary Vascular
Thoracic Oncology
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The journal CHEST® 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 journal is one of the most highly regarded, and up-to-date sources of clinical knowledge in the field.
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An analysis of 48 studies (including nearly 11,000 patients) reveals that the Rapid Shallow Breathing Index, when used alone, has a moderate sensitivity and poor specificity for predicting successful extubation.
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Lung cancer screening reduces lung cancer mortality, with greater reduction observed in Black participants in clinical trials. This study examines disparities in lung cancer screening participation and adherence to follow-up.
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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.
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.
Do you want to hear directly from your colleagues on the topics that matter most? Catch up on episodes that feature critical discussions with giants in the field and hear directly from authors featured in CHEST journal.
Originally aired: January 18, 2022
CHEST President David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP, is joined by CHEST 2022 Scientific Program Committee Chair and Vice-Chair Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP, and Aneesa Das, MD, FCCP, to talk about getting involved with CHEST and what to expect from the upcoming meeting in Nashville, October 16-19, 2022.
Originally aired: January 6, 2022
Vatsal Trivedi, MD, and Daniel R. Ouellette, MD, join CHEST Podcast Moderator, Dominique Pepper, MD, to discuss how well rapid shallow breathing index predicts successful extubation.
Originally aired: January 5, 2022
Christopher Ryerson, MD, and Sara Tomassetti, MD, join CHEST Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss if surgical lung biopsy should still be performed for interstitial lung disease evaluation.
Originally aired: December 20, 2021
Hear from CHEST 2021 Scientific Program Committee Co-Chairs Christopher L. Carroll, MD, FCCP, and David Zielinski, MD, FCCP, on planning an annual meeting in a virtual environment and how they encourage others to get involved in the planning process.
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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