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Guidelines & Topic Collections

Everything we publish is designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest news, approaches, and ideas in chest medicine. From the most relevant research findings to the most significant clinical guidelines, these are the highly accredited resources you count on from CHEST.

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Enhance your patient care with evidence-based guidelines

Used throughout the world, our multidisciplinary guidelines help translate quality evidence into applicable recommendations that enrich patient care and improve health outcomes.

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FEATURED GUIDELINE

Transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelets in Critically Ill Adults

This guideline provides recommendations for the transfusion of fresh frozen plasma or platelets in critically ill patients with thrombocytopenia, with and without active bleeding, who are undergoing invasive procedures.


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FEATURED GUIDELINE

Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the ICU

This CHEST guideline contains six evidence-based recommendations for RBC transfusion among critically ill patients overall and specific subgroups, including patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, acute coronary syndrome, and more.


Guidelines by topic

Access CHEST’s full collection of guidelines, expert panel reports, and consensus statements.

Guideline topics


Explore the latest research

The CHEST® journal portfolio features the best in peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine—pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine—and related disciplines. With a loyal readership base, the portfolio, including the journals CHEST, CHEST® Critical Care, and CHEST® Pulmonary, is one of the most highly regarded, and up-to-date sources of clinical knowledge in the field.

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COPD

Comparison of Clinically Meaningful Improvements After Center-Based and Home-Based Telerehabilitation in People With COPD

Response to pulmonary rehabilitation is not equal for all participants and may vary across health outcomes for any one individual. A study in the journal CHEST® analyzed the rate of clinical response to home-based telerehabilitation compared with center-based pulmonary rehabilitation.


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THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Patterns and Differences in Lung Cancer Treatment

Treatment for lung cancer can improve prognosis, but five-year survival remains low at 26%. Greater insight into differences in lung cancer treatment is needed. A study in the journal CHEST® examined how reported receipt of lung cancer treatment differs by sociodemographic characteristics among adults diagnosed with lung cancer.

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Editor Highlights Podcast

Each month, the journal CHEST Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, adds context and commentary to important articles featured in the new issue.

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Take a deep dive into your clinical interests

Whatever your specialty, CHEST has a topic collection that you’ll be interested in. Uncover insights from key opinion leaders, find CME opportunities, and discover original research articles.

Stay at the forefront of chest medicine

Clinical advances, practice management updates, medical conference highlights—reading the CHEST Physician® publication is the easiest way to be in the know every month.

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Stay at the forefront of chest medicine

Clinical advances, practice management updates, medical conference highlights—reading the CHEST Physician® publication is the easiest way to be in the know every month.

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