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Guidelines & Topic Collections

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.

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Enhance your patient care with evidence-based guidelines

Used throughout the world, our multidisciplinary guidelines help translate quality evidence into applicable recommendations that enrich patient care and improve health outcomes.

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FEATURED GUIDELINE

Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the ICU

This CHEST guideline contains six evidence-based recommendations for RBC transfusion among critically ill patients overall and specific subgroups, including patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, acute coronary syndrome, and more.

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FEATURED GUIDELINE

Acquisition and Handling of Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Samples

This CHEST guideline contains nine evidence-based recommendations to identify best practices for the collection, processing, and handling of EBUS-TBNA specimens.

Guidelines by topic

Access CHEST’s full collection of guidelines, expert panel reports, and consensus statements.

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Explore the latest research

The CHEST® journal portfolio 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 portfolio, including the journals CHEST, CHEST® Critical Care, and CHEST® Pulmonary, is one of the most highly regarded, and up-to-date sources of clinical knowledge in the field.

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DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease: A Clinical Guide to Recognition and Management

Diffuse cystic lung diseases (DCLDs) differ from the typical fibroinflammatory interstitial lung diseases in their epidemiology, clinical presentation, and therapeutic approaches. A new review in the journal CHEST® offers a practical framework for evaluating patients with DCLDs, indicating the most appropriate and current diagnostic and management approaches.

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CHEST INFECTIONS

Impact of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Modulators on Maternal Outcomes During and After Pregnancy

Little is known about pregnancy outcomes with transmembrane conductance regulator modulator use in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). A study in the journal CHEST® evaluated if pregnancy differentially affects outcomes in female individuals with CF with and without modulator exposure.

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Editor Highlights Podcast

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.

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Take a deep dive into your clinical interests

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.

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Asthma
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COPD
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Critical Care
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ILD
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Pulmonary Vascular Disease
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Sepsis
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Sleep
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Thoracic Oncology

Stay at the forefront of chest medicine

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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Stay at the forefront of chest medicine

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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Humanities

Humanities: A Kind of Faith (Episode 1)

Originally aired: February 26, 2025

Rana L. Awdish, MD, FCCP, discusses how her near-death experience changed her, how she stays connected to meaning and emotion in a turbulent world, and the dark side of hope.
CHEST® Journal Editor Highlights with Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP

February 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights

Originally aired: February 3, 2025

CHEST® journal Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key articles published in the February 2025 issue.
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Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Treated With Esmolol or Landiolol

Originally aired: January 6, 2025

Hear about research into the potential survival benefits associated with the use of ultra-short-acting β-blockers (esmolol or landiolol) in patients with sepsis with persistent tachycardia.