Creating a stronger voice for CHEST members in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, CHEST works to provide opportunities for members to serve as expert sources for both mainstream and trade media.
Below are a few highlights of media coverage from the past few months that work to expand awareness of CHEST and to promote the expertise of CHEST members in the media.
The New York Times covers the Philips recall
In August, a New York Times article published quoting incoming CHEST President, David Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP. The article covered the recent Philips recall and its impact on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Schulman is quoted saying, “Because the number of people coming into the hospital with severe respiratory symptoms has increased as a result of COVID-19, the demand for these devices has also increased, which is problematic since available supply has decreased as a result of the Philips recall.”
The full article, Breathing Machine Recall Over Possible Cancer Risk Leaves Millions Scrambling for Substitutes, can be found on the New York Times website.
Technical expert panel on coverage determinations
Peter Gay, MD, FCCP, was quoted in an article by McKnight’s Long-Term Care News on the recent technical expert panel recommendations for national coverage determinations for optimal noninvasive ventilation.
“Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was wanting rigorous scientific support necessary to clarify the ‘reasonable and necessary’ role of these new mechanical therapeutic modalities where there was none in order to move forward,” said Dr. Gay. “What we have done is create a pathway to simplify the maze of regulation and perhaps most importantly, remove the obstacles that currently exist.”
The full article, Panel on Non-Invasive Ventilation Seeks to Simplify ‘Maze’ of Regulation for Device Coverage, can be found on the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News website.
Asthma and HRT
Originally appearing in HealthDay, U.S. News and World Report covered a recent journal CHEST® publication Hormone Replacement Therapy and Development of New Asthma by Erik Soeren Halvard Hansen, MD, et al.
The study included about 34,500 women who were diagnosed with asthma between 1995 and 2018, when they were 40 to 65 years of age. Each was then compared with 10 asthma-free women.
Based on that comparison, HRT use was associated with a 63% higher risk for developing asthma, according to the study.
The full article, HRT Could Raise Odds for Asthma, can be found on the U.S. News & World Report website.
Pediatric ICU admission and COVID-19
Healio Pulmonology covered a recent journal CHEST publication, Changes in Pediatric ICU Utilization and Clinical Trends During the Coronavirus Pandemic, by Janine E. Zee-Cheng, MD, et al.
“Severe infections, traumatic injuries, perioperative conditions and acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes are among the most common causes of admission to a pediatric ICU; thus, the epidemiology of pediatric critical illness was likely sensitive to the indirect effects of COVID-19,” Janine E. Zee-Cheng, MD, adjunct clinical assistant professor of pediatrics in the department of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and colleagues wrote.
The full article, Pediatric ICU admissions significantly decreased during COVID-19 pandemic, can be found on the Healio website.
CHEST news
CHEST also recently issued a handful of statements and press releases on a variety of topics including the spread of misinformation, support of mandatory vaccinations for health care workers, and a statement advocating for broader coverage of supplemental oxygen use.
For all recent CHEST News, including these statements, visit the CHEST Newsroom on the CHEST website and follow the hashtag #CHESTNews on Twitter.
If you have been included in a recent news article and would like it to be featured, send the coverage to media@chestnet.org.