Critical Care
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Beyond the blueprint: Early outcomes from the CHEST Critical Care APP certification exam
The 2025 exam tells a clear story: APPs are seeking meaningful validation, value lifelong learning, and want credentials that reflect the realities of modern critical care.
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Mechanical power as a target for lung protective ventilation
Mechanical power-based strategies aim to minimize unnecessary power delivery and reduce harm. Review how to measure and use this metric and what challenges it poses.
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New fund empowers CHEST Networks to pursue their most impactful ideas
The Networks Advancement Fund offers financial support for projects that directly advance CHEST’s philanthropic pillars while furthering the mission of an individual Network.
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De-escalating antibiotics proves safe for patients with community-onset sepsis
Ashwin B. Gupta, MD, addresses lingering clinician hesitancy surrounding the de-escalation of antibiotics for adults hospitalized for community-onset sepsis.
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Practice-changing updates in neurocritical care
Review practice-changing updates in neurocritical care, including the risk of pneumonia in patients with ABI who are mechanically ventilated, the use of prophylactic antibiotics, how to extubate patients with ABI, and more.
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AI applications in pulmonary medicine: From training clinicians to transforming diagnostics and treatment
AI applications in health care are multiplying, and AI-focused research is gaining traction across specialties, including pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
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Data show OSA is an independent, modifiable risk factor for cerebral microbleeds
The first prospective, longitudinal study of OSA and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) found that moderate to severe OSA more than doubles the risk for microbleeds.
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Targeting capillary refill time identified as superior resuscitation strategy
Yuri Matusov, MD, said recent findings mark a significant step toward an individualized approach for managing septic shock.
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CMS releases updated guidance for NIPPV in patients with COPD
Understand the new CMS guidance, which comes after more than a decade of strategic advocacy efforts led by CHEST.
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Oseltamivir found to lower risk of flu-linked neuropsychiatric events in children
This study is the largest and most comprehensive US investigation of the drug and severe neuropsychiatric events, said author James Antoon, MD, PhD, MPH.
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Latest data show peripheral vasopressors safer, quicker than central ports
Results from a recent analysis of the CLOVERS trial demonstrated a similar 90-day mortality rate with fewer complications for vasopressors compared with central venous catheter administration for the management of sepsis-induced hypotension.
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Experts preview ongoing work on guidelines for hemodynamic monitoring in septic shock
H. Bryant Nguyen, MD, MS, MBA, explored the case for retaining central venous pressure as a tool in assessing fluids in the treatment of sepsis.
