CHEST July 2025, Volume 168, Issue 1 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 re-intubation, and more. Moderator: Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
Jul 01, 2025•17 min•Ep. 490
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 CHEST. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.02.016 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 as...
Jul 01, 2025•25 min•Ep. 489
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.02.031 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....
Jul 01, 2025•24 min•Ep. 488
CHEST June 2025, Volume 167, Issue 6 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.
Jun 01, 2025•14 min•Ep. 486
Originally aired: May 29, 2025 E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, FCCP, joins CHEST Journal Podcast Moderator Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, to discuss his Exhalations article, “Medicine at Its Finest,” and explore 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. This episode is part of a new series exploring articles published in the journal's Humanities section. Moderator: Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD...
May 29, 2025•43 min•Ep. 487
CHEST May 2025, Volume 167, Issue 5 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 much more.
May 01, 2025•17 min•Ep. 485
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.10.012 Disclaimer: The purpose of this activity is to expand the reach of CHEST content through awareness, critique, and discussion. All articles have undergone peer r...
Apr 01, 2025•37 min•Ep. 481
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.10.045 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 spea...
Apr 01, 2025•18 min•Ep. 482
CHEST April 2025, Volume 167, Issue 4 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. Moderator: Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP...
Apr 01, 2025•19 min•Ep. 483
CHEST March 2025, Volume 167, Issue 3 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 need samples. Moderato...
Mar 03, 2025•18 min•Ep. 480
Originally aired: February 26, 2025 Rana L. Awdish, MD, 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. This episode is part of a new series exploring articles published in the journal's Humanities section . Moderator: Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD...
Feb 25, 2025•41 min•Ep. 479
CHEST February 2025, Volume 167, Issue 2 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.
Feb 03, 2025•19 min•Ep. 478
Ryota Sato, MD, MPH, FCCP, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice De Gallo 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.08.020 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 met...
Jan 06, 2025•21 min•Ep. 476
CHEST January 2025, Volume 167, Issue 1 CHEST® journal's Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key research published in the journal CHEST January 2025 issue, including research into understanding nonpharmacologic palliative care for patients with COPD, gender differences in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and more.
Jan 06, 2025•18 min•Ep. 477
Nathan C. Nowalk, MD, and Babak Mokhlesi, MD, FCCP, join CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator, Alice De Gallo Moraes, MD, FCCP, to discuss their research into the association between gender and outcomes among hospitalized and ambulatory adults with obesity hypoventilation syndrome. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.10.002 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...
Jan 06, 2025•28 min•Ep. 475
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 ...
Dec 02, 2024•29 min•Ep. 473
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 rig...
Dec 02, 2024•23 min•Ep. 472
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.
Dec 02, 2024•19 min•Ep. 474
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 ...
Nov 01, 2024•15 min•Ep. 470
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.
Nov 01, 2024•20 min•Ep. 471
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.
Oct 01, 2024•26 min•Ep. 468
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.
Oct 01, 2024•18 min•Ep. 469
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.
Aug 30, 2024•24 min•Ep. 466
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.
Aug 30, 2024•14 min•Ep. 465
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.
Aug 30, 2024•14 min•Ep. 467
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.
Aug 01, 2024•14 min•Ep. 464
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.
Jul 01, 2024•13 min•Ep. 462
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.
Jul 01, 2024•18 min•Ep. 461
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.
Jul 01, 2024•16 min•Ep. 463
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.
Jun 03, 2024•17 min•Ep. 458
