Chest Journal Podcasts

CHEST December 2024, Volume 166, Issue 6 Angela O. Suen, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research comparing health care and palliative care use by patients with COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer at the end of life. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.08.018   Disclaimer: The purpose of this activity is to expand the reach of CHEST content through awareness, critique, and discussion. All articles have undergone peer review for methodologic rigor and audience relevance. Any views asserted are those of the speakers and are not endorsed by CHEST. Listeners should be aware that speakers’ opinions may vary and are advised to read the full corresponding journal article(s) for complete context. This content should not be used as a basis for medical advice or treatment, nor should it substitute the judgment used by clinicians in the practice of evidence-based medicine.

CHEST December 2024, Volume 166, Issue 6 Elias H. Pratt, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Alice de Gallo Moraes, MD, to discuss his research exploring whether implementation of different institutional RBC transfusion thresholds for patients receiving venovenous ECMO is associated with changes in RBC use and patient outcomes. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.043   Disclaimer: The purpose of this activity is to expand the reach of CHEST content through awareness, critique, and discussion. All articles have undergone peer review for methodologic rigor and audience relevance. Any views asserted are those of the speakers and are not endorsed by CHEST. Listeners should be aware that speakers’ opinions may vary and are advised to read the full corresponding journal article(s) for complete context. This content should not be used as a basis for medical advice or treatment, nor should it substitute the judgment used by clinicians in the practice of evidence-based medicine.

CHEST December 2024, Volume 166, Issue 6 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST December 2024 issue, including research into the impact of dyspnea in adults with respiratory symptoms; differences in health care and palliative cCare utilization at the end of life; and more.

CHEST November 2024, Volume 166, Issue 5 Mariachiara Ippolito, MD, and Andrea Cortegiani, MD, join CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research exploring the association of different methods for conducting spontaneous breathing trials with the risk of reintubation among critically ill adult patients. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.06.3773   Disclaimer: The purpose of this activity is to expand the reach of CHEST content through awareness, critique, and discussion. All articles have undergone peer review for methodologic rigor and audience relevance. Any views asserted are those of the speakers and are not endorsed by CHEST. Listeners should be aware that speakers’ opinions may vary and are advised to read the full corresponding journal article(s) for complete context. This content should not be used as a basis for medical advice or treatment, nor should it substitute the judgment used by clinicians in the practice of evidence-based medicine.  

CHEST November 2024, Volume 166, Issue 5 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST November 2024 issue, including research into patient and provider perspectives driving inhaler choice, a framework for research gaps in pediatric ventilator liberation, and more.

Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD, join CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Dominique Pepper, MD, to discuss a cross-sectional survey of adult ICU clinicians exploring interprofessional ICU staffing availability and roles at a steady state before the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHEST October 2024, Volume 166, Issue 4 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST October 2024 issue, including research into characteristics of adults with severe asthma in childhood, the association of pregnancy with outcomes among critically ill reproductive-aged women, and much more.

Jae-Joon Yim, MD, joins CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss his study exploring the clinical course of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) in patients observed over more than 5 years.

Kirsten A. Riggan, MA, MS, and Erin S. DeMartino, MD, join CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss how states developed and revised scarce resource allocation plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, and barriers and facilitators to the development and adoption of these plans at the state level.

CHEST September 2024, Volume 166, Issue 3 CHEST®  journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST September 2024 issue, including research into candidacy decision-making around venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, facilitators and barriers to developing state pandemic preparedness plans, and much more.

CHEST August 2024, Volume 166, Issue 2 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST August 2024 issue, including a study into the incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases among adults in Denmark, research into barriers and facilitators for surrogates providing consent for critically ill patients, and a compendium of CHEST organization guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for VTE.

Sarah K. Andersen, MD, joins CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss how intensivists from various health systems facilitate decision-making for goals of care for patients with chronic critical illness.

Anna K. Barker, MD, PhD, joins CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss a study exploring early deep sedation practices for patients on mechanical ventilation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHEST July 2024, Volume 166, Issue 1 CHEST journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST July 2024 issue, including studies into international variations in rates of exacerbations among people with severe asthma, trends in early deep sedation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. 

Rémi Coudroy, PhD, joins journal CHEST Podcast Moderator Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, to discuss the results of a study into the physiologic effects of reconnection to the ventilator for 1 hour following a successful spontaneous breathing trial.

Kaele M. Leonard, MD, and Robert J. Lentz, MD, join CHEST Podcast Moderator Dominique Pepper, MD, to discuss whether a conservative diagnostic yield definition may represent a useful outcome for future studies of diagnostic utility.

CHEST June 2024, Volume 165, Issue 6 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST June 2024 issue, including studies into diagnostic yield vs diagnostic accuracy for peripheral lung biopsy evaluation; the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine rollout on Hispanic patients; and the role of left ventricular dysfunction in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary hypertension.

Domenico Luca Grieco, MD, and Valentina Giammatteo, MD, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD, to discuss the results of a study exploring the effect of high vs low positive end-expiratory pressure on inspiratory effort in patients with ARDS.

Julien Cobert, MD, joins CHEST®Journal Podcast Moderator. Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss the results of a study into implicit bias in ICU notes using word-embedding neural network models.

CHEST May 2024, Volume 165, Issue 5 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST May 2024 issue, including studies into the costs associated with COPD, now and in the future; the impact of postinterview communication practices on fellowship applicants and program directors; and the epidemiology of intensive care patients classified as a third sex in Australia and New Zealand.