Specialty Sections From CHEST® Physician
Sleep Strategies
Value-based sleep: understanding and maximizing value in sleep medicine care
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with substantial economic costs borne by patients, payers, employers, and society at large.
Critical Care Commentary
Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI): Updated Guidelines 2017
The guidelines address sepsis/septic shock, ARDS, and major trauma.
Pulmonary Perspectives®
Hurricane relief and patient care
My perspective is that of patient care and transport between the Centro Medico hospital complex in San Juan, the larger regional hospitals, the...
Critical Care Commentary
Life after angiotensin II
Hypotension is an often-underestimated adversary. Even brief periods of intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP) <65 mm Hg increase the odds...
Pulmonary Perspectives®
Postoperative pulmonary complications of cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery patients are sicker today than in previous decades due to an aging population and a rising complexity in medical care. There is an...
Critical Care Commentary
On Diagnosing Sepsis
Two years ago, a panel appointed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, referred to as a...
Sleep Strategies
Role of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in HTN
Improving duration and quality of sleep in sleep apnea patients may help decrease the risk of developing HTN.
Critical Care Commentary
Clostridium difficile in the ICU: A “fluid” issue
In critically ill patients admitted to the ICU, diarrhea (defined as three or more watery loose stools within 24 hours) is a common problem. The...
News
The rise and fall of treatment trials in group 3 pulmonary hypertension: Where do we go from here?
Treatment of fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) is often dissatisfying to clinicians and patients. Despite significant advances in the field...
Sleep Strategies
Lessons Learned From SERVE-HF
Great attention has been paid to the SERVE-HF trial (“Treatment of Sleep-disordered Breathing with Predominant Central Sleep Apnea by Adaptive...