CHEST Guidelines-Table-of-Contents

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The document is the table of contents for Volume 154, Issue 2 of the CHEST Journal, dated August 2018. It highlights a variety of articles, editorials, and research topics related to pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Key areas of focus include:

1. <strong>Editorials</strong>: Discussions on outpatient treatment of pulmonary embolism, the assessment of dyspnea in COPD patients, and public perception of brain death.

2. <strong>Giants in Chest Medicine</strong>: A feature on Professor Pamela B. Davis, highlighting her contributions to medicine.

3. <strong>Commentary</strong>: Insights into diagnosing COPD and managing it with bronchodilators.

4. <strong>Original Research</strong>: Studies on the outpatient management of low-risk pulmonary embolism, inhaled corticosteroids in COPD, correlations of telomere length with COPD outcomes, and the effects of smoking cessation on COPD.

5. <strong>Critical Care</strong>: Investigation into public perception of brain death, sepsis management guidelines, and outcomes related to septic shock criteria.

6. <strong>Sleep Disorders</strong>: The effects of fixed versus auto-adjusting positive airway pressure in treating OSA, and PTSD-related sleep issues are explored.

7. <strong>Asthma</strong>: A study on lung function in children with asthma through transcriptomics and metabolomics.

8. <strong>Diffuse Lung Disease</strong>: An examination of extrapulmonary sarcoidosis without lung involvement.

9. <strong>Pulmonary Procedures</strong>: Innovations in lung assessment via ultrasound.

10. <strong>Genetic and Developmental Disorders</strong>: Research on cystic fibrosis and its effects on lung function over time.

11. <strong>Evidence-Based Medicine</strong>: Reviews on chronic cough in children post-acute viral bronchiolitis.

12. <strong>Special Features</strong>: An analysis of medicine in opera and developments in various aspects of chest medicine, including translation of basic research into clinical practice.

The issue also contains correspondence, online exclusives, and a section named "Pectoriloquy", which features creative reflections on illness. The table of contents suggests a wide range of articles and studies pertinent to advancements and contemporary practices in pulmonary medicine.

Keywords

pulmonary embolism

COPD management

brain death perception

telomere length

sepsis management

OSA treatment

asthma lung function

extrapulmonary sarcoidosis

cystic fibrosis research

chronic cough in children