December
December 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: December 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST December 2025 issue, including an exploration of the relationship between inflammation and mucociliary clearance in chronic respiratory conditions, an investigation into the association of hypoxic burden with major cardiovascular events, and more.
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The Impact of the Unknown: Patient Experiences With Uncertainty in Sarcoidosis
Originally aired: December 1, 2025
Kristen R. Mathias, MD, MHS, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into the ways patients with sarcoidosis describe their experiences with the disease, how they are impacted by uncertainty around sarcoidosis management, and the challenges they face in receiving care.
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The Influence of Hospital Policies on Clinicians’ Decisions to Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment
Originally aired: December 1, 2025
Gina M. Piscitello, MD, and Katrina E. Hauschildt, PhD, BCPA, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research into the ways that and extent to which hospital policies influence clinician approaches to decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment among patients admitted to an ICU.
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November
November 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: November 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST November 2025 issue, including an investigation into oxygen saturation targets and neurologic outcomes after cardiac arrest, an exploration of the association of shared decision-making with long-term adherence to lung cancer screening, and more.
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Covert Triage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of Rationing in Intensive Care
Originally aired: November 1, 2025
Eva-Maria Schmolke, MD, and Kathrin Knochel, MD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss their research into the institutional implementation of a national triage guideline in German ICUs during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and their subsequent analysis of widespread covert triage as a response to legal uncertainty around triage guidelines.
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Longitudinal Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Trajectories Inform Clinical Outcome in Kidney Transplantation Patients
Originally aired: November 1, 2025
Katarina Zeder, MD, PhD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss her research into the ways in which longitudinal pulmonary arterial pressure trajectories inform clinical outcome in patients undergoing kidney transplantation.
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Low-Tidal-Volume Ventilation and Mortality in Patients With Acute Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis of an International Observational Study
Originally aired: November 1, 2025
Shaurya Taran, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his research into the association between low-tidal-volume ventilation and mortality in patients with acute brain injuries receiving mechanical ventilation.
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Oxygen Saturation Targets and Neurologic Outcomes Following Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of the Pragmatic Investigation of Optimal Oxygen Targets Trial
Originally aired: November 1, 2025
Stephanie C. DeMasi, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss her research comparing neurologic outcomes between lower and higher oxygen saturation targets following cardiac arrest.
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October
October 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: October 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST October 2025 issue, including an exploration of the association of physical frailty with incidence and life expectancy of COPD, an investigation of the health and utilization burden of OSA among US active-duty military personnel, and more.
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The Frequency and Predictors of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Referrals Among Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Analysis of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry
Originally aired: October 1, 2025
Morgan Bailey, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into the frequency of pulmonary rehabilitation referrals among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and the factors associated with underutilization of pulmonary rehabilitation.
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The Association Between Mechanical Power Within the First 24 Hours and ICU Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Adult Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Originally aired: October 1, 2025
Stephan von Düring, MD, and Eddy Fan, MD, PhD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Matt Siuba, DO, MS, to discuss their research into the association between mechanical power within the first 24 hours and ICU mortality in adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure who are mechanically ventilated.
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September
Humanities: Making Anger Count (Episode 3)
Originally aired: September 11, 2025
Gabriel T. Bosslet, MD, FCCP, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss his Exhalations article, “Making Anger Count,” and explore how his experiences of anger during the COVID-19 pandemic and testifying in front of the Indiana General Assembly led him to creating the Good Trouble Coalition.
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September 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: September 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST September 2025 issue, including a national study on the impact of COVID-19 on pulmonary and critical care medicine fellows’ in-training exam performance, an investigation into the effect of admilparant on time to disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or progressive pulmonary fibrosis, and more.
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Impact of COVID-19 on Pulmonary Critical Care Fellows In-Training Exam Performance: A National Study
Originally aired: September 1, 2025
Mahmoud Alwakeel, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of pulmonary and critical care medicine fellows on the in-training examination.
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To Make a Self: Exploring and Supporting Professional Identity Formation and Resilience of Intensivists Through Humanities
Originally aired: September 1, 2025
Briseida Mema, MD, MHPE, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into how critical care clinicians turn to the humanities to improve their overall well-being and reflect on the transformative experiences that disrupt their professional identity.
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August
Inhaled Menthol for Dyspnea Relief During Cycle Exercise in COPD: A Randomized Trial
Originally aired: August 1, 2025
Michele R. Schaeffer, PhD, Andreas von Leupoldt, PhD, and Daniel Langer, PhD join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into inhaled menthol as a potential treatment for dyspnea relief during cycle exercise for patients with COPD.
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August 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: August 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST August 2025 issue, including an exploration of the impacts of abortion bans on pulmonary and critical care physicians, a Bayesian meta-analysis of machine listening for OSA diagnosis, and more.
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July
Estimating the Causal Effect of Double-Blind Peer Review for a Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Journal
Originally aired: July 1, 2025
Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research into the effect of double-blind peer review on manuscript acceptance for authors by gender and presumed English fluency at the journal CHEST.
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Interventions to Improve Adherence to Clinical Guidelines for the Management and Follow-up of Pulmonary Nodules: A Systematic Review
Originally aired: July 1, 2025
Justin Aunger, PhD, and Kay Por Yip, MBChB, PhD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research into interventions for improving adherence to clinical guidelines for the management and follow-up of pulmonary nodules.
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July 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: July 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST July 2025 issue, including an investigation into the use of needle aspiration and forceps biopsy as a multimodal diagnostic approach for pulmonary arterial hypertension, an exploration of the ability of a modified cuff link test to predict reintubation, and more.
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June
June 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: June 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST June 2025 issue, including an investigation of the effects of low-dose morphine on sleep and breathlessness in COPD, an exploration into the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on survival in people with interstitial lung disease, and more.
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May
May 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: May 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST May 2025 issue, including an exploration into associations between socioeconomic status and frailty in patients with COPD, trends in all-cause mortality among US veterans with sarcoidosis, and more.
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Humanities: Medicine at Its Finest (Episode 2)
Originally aired: May 29, 2025
E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, FCCP, discusses ways to connect to the unique individuals receiving care, navigating personal biases, refilling your “empathy cup” as a clinician, and the role of family in advocacy.
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April
April 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: April 1, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST April 2025 issue, including a new guideline on alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-targeted testing and augmentation therapy, a review of conflict of interest disclosure in bronchoscopy research, and an exploration into the growth of screening-detected pure ground-glass nodules after 10 years of stability.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Albumin vs No Albumin on Renal Replacement Therapy and Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock and Renal Impairment
Originally aired: April 1, 2025
Asad E. Patanwala, PharmD, MPH, and Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into the effect of albumin administration on the need for renal replacement therapy and mortality in patients with septic shock and renal impairment.
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Lessons Learned: Risk Factors and Clinical Impact of Severe Pneumothorax After Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction With Endobronchial Valves
Originally aired: April 1, 2025
Judith Maria Brock, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss her research into the differences in severity grades of pneumothorax and their effect on clinical practice.
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March
March 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: March 3, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST March 2025 issue, including an exploration of the effectiveness of guideline-recommended activities for children with asthma, a review of health system purchasing professionals' approaches to considering equity in procurement, and a new guideline on the acquisition and handling of endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle samples.
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February
February 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: February 3, 2025
CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST February 2025 issue, including a new guideline on RBC transfusion in critically ill adults, research exploring the association between air pollution and lung function in sarcoidosis, and much more.
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Humanities: A Kind of Faith (Episode 1)
Originally aired: February 26, 2025
Rana L. Awdish, MD, FCCP, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss her Exhalations article, “A Kind of Faith,” and explore 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.
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January
January 2025 CHEST Journal Editor Highlights
Originally aired: January 6, 2025
CHEST journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key articles published in the CHEST January 2025 issue.
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Gender Differences in Outcomes of Ambulatory and Hospitalized Patients With Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Originally aired: January 6, 2025
Nathan C. Nowalk, MD, and Babak Mokhlesi, MD, FCCP, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into the association between gender and outcomes among hospitalized and ambulatory adults with obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
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Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Treated With Esmolol or Landiolol
Originally aired: January 6, 2025
Ryota Sato, MD, MPH, FCCP, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss his 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.
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