Best of CHEST® 2024

As a top journal for clinicians across pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, the journal CHEST^® is committed to delivering our readers the latest advancements in chest medicine.

We are excited to share some of our best research, clinical reviews, and guidance from 2024, handpicked by our editorial team. 

Asthma

• Clinical Response and Remission in Patients With Severe Asthma Treated With Biologic Therapies opens in new tab/window

• An Update on Patient-Reported Outcomes in Asthma opens in new tab/window

Chest Infections

• Anaerobic Antibiotic Coverage in Aspiration Pneumonia and the Associated Benefits and Harms opens in new tab/window

• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination in the Adult Pulmonary Patient opens in new tab/window

COPD

• National and Local Direct Medical Cost Burden of COPD in the United States From 2016 to 2019 and Projections Through 2029 opens in new tab/window

• Home Noninvasive Ventilation in COPD opens in new tab/window

Critical Care

• Peripheral Administration of Norepinephrine: A Prospective Observational Study opens in new tab/window

• Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline From the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines opens in new tab/window

Diffuse Lung Disease

• Impact of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease With and Without Pulmonary Hypertension on Survival opens in new tab/window

• Pictorial Review of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease on High-Resolution CT Scan and Updated Classification opens in new tab/window

Education And Clinical Practice

• Artificial Intelligence Improves Novices’ Bronchoscopy Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Simulated Setting opens in new tab/window

• Applying Noninvasive Ventilation in Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of COPD Using Evidence-Based Interprofessional Clinical Practice opens in new tab/window

Humanities

• “My Mom Is a Fighter”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Use of Combat Metaphors in ICU Clinician Notes opens in new tab/window

• "Against Medical Advice" Discharges After Respiratory-Related Hospitalizations: Strategies for Respectful Care opens in new tab/window

Pulmonary Vascular

• Comparison of Contemporary Risk Scores in All Groups of Pulmonary Hypertension opens in new tab/window

• Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: Compendium and Review of CHEST Guidelines 2012-2021 opens in new tab/window

Sleep

• Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Pitolisant for Residual Sleepiness Due to OSA opens in new tab/window

• Sleep Apnea and Stroke: A Narrative Review opens in new tab/window

Thoracic Oncology

• Associations Between Sex-Specific Reproductive Factors and Risk of New-Onset Lung Cancer Among Female Patients opens in new tab/window

• The Proposed Ninth Edition TNM Classification of Lung Cancer opens in new tab/window