CHEST Guidelines-Table-of-Contents

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This document is the table of contents for the February 2017 issue of a medical journal, titled "CHEST," which contains various sections including editorials, original research, reviews, commentaries, and correspondence focused on pulmonary and critical care medicine.<br /><br />The editorials cover a range of topics from the 2017 GOLD report to pulmonary concierge practices and the use of biological agents in asthma care. The "Point and Counterpoint" section features a debate on the viability and timing of pulmonary concierge practices, with opinions for and against, and includes rebuttals from both sides.<br /><br />In "Commentary," there's focus on developments in asthma metabolomics and integrative omics. The original research section presents studies on septic shock trends, financial outcomes of ICU telemedicine programs, quality of dying in ICU settings, outcomes of ground-glass opacities in lung cancer detection, pre-operative lung localization effectiveness, robot-assisted lobectomies, and the efficacy of a COPD inhaler.<br /><br />The journal covers broad topics such as the role of eosinophils in COPD, lung ultrasonography accuracy, bronchiectasis, the utility of lung biopsy methods for diffuse lung disease, and new findings in pulmonary vascular disease like the prognostic value of right heart thrombi in pulmonary embolism cases.<br /><br />Other sections include insights into pulmonary physiology and recent advances such as targeted therapy for pulmonary hypertension, and special features like case studies of foreign bodies in airways. The issue concludes with correspondence discussing topics such as local anesthetic thoracoscopy, developments in cryobiopsy, OSA contributions to VTE, and insights into mechanical ventilation following lung transplantation.<br /><br />Online exclusive content includes ultrasound case studies, and additional resources like podcasts and videos are available on the journal’s website.

Keywords

pulmonary medicine

critical care

asthma metabolomics

COPD inhaler

ICU telemedicine

robot-assisted lobectomy

pulmonary concierge

lung ultrasonography

septic shock trends

pulmonary hypertension