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Chest Infections and Disaster Response Network

This Network serves as the main resource and forum for issues related to pulmonary infections as well as disaster response and global health.

CHEST members can join this Network for leadership and networking opportunities, plus the chance to hear the latest news first.

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Chest Infections Section

Steroids in pneumonia: The end of an era?

Disaster Response and Global Health Section

The physiology of near drowning

Chest Infections Section

The burden of post-TB lung disease

Disaster Response and Global Health Section

Medical preparedness and critical care for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Chest Infections Section

Aspergillus in bronchiectasis: An expanding spectrum of disease and diagnostic challenge

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Clinician education and resources

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When Respiratory Outbreaks Happen at Sea: Lessons From a Recent Hantavirus Cluster

Bhavita Gaglani, MD, and Aloke Chakravarti, MD, FCCP, discuss hantavirus pulmonary syndrome physiology, shipboard critical care limits, and what the MV Hondius outbreak means for ICU clinicians.

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What PCCM Clinicians Need to Know About Hantavirus

Understand the epidemiology of hantavirus, how it can be diagnosed, symptoms to look for, treatment options, and more.

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Understanding and Treating the Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke

Wildfire smoke and resultant poor air quality is associated with an increase in inpatient and outpatient health care utilization and can strain limited resources.

Tablet with information about airway clearance techniques

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Diagnostic Strategies for Endemic Fungal Infections

Learn how to distinguish among infections such as histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis.

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Measles: Diagnosis and Treatment of a Highly Contagious Airborne Virus

Access a quick-reference infographic on measles risk factors, complications, treatment, and more.

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Hyperthermia, Heat Injury, and Heatstroke

Review the unique clinical presentation, management, and treatment of heat-related critical care.