Chest Medicine (all articles)
USPSTF Statement | Asymptomatic adults at increased risk should be screened for latent TB
5 May, 2023 | 15:34h | UTCEvidence Report: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force – JAMA
Editorials:
Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection – JAMA Network Open
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults
Brief Review | Management of latent tuberculosis infection
5 May, 2023 | 15:32h | UTCManagement of Latent Tuberculosis Infection – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Consensus Statement | Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19 with severe ARDS
5 May, 2023 | 15:19h | UTC
Review | Transforming tuberculosis diagnosis
5 May, 2023 | 15:18h | UTCTransforming tuberculosis diagnosis – Nature Microbiology (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
Diagnosis is the weakest aspect of tuberculosis care and control. A Comment article in @NatureMicrobiol describes seven critical transitions that can close the diagnostic gap and enable TB programmes worldwide to recover from the pandemic setbacks. ? https://t.co/hZyBmVJfRR pic.twitter.com/NDgXF8O9W5
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) May 2, 2023
Review | Prone positioning for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and ARDS
5 May, 2023 | 15:09h | UTCA Review Prone Positioning for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and ARDS: A Review – Chest
Commentary on Twitter
"Belly down, sats up!" Read this CHEST Review to learn more about #PronePositioning. Read the full research in the February @journal_CHEST issue: https://t.co/3DGBeKhnMG#MedTwitter #CritCare #MedEd pic.twitter.com/KUY2TYYCx6
— CHEST (@accpchest) February 21, 2023
Review | Early mobilization in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
5 May, 2023 | 15:02h | UTC
RCT | BCG vaccine did not protect health care workers against Covid-19
4 May, 2023 | 13:56h | UTCCommentary: The BCG vaccine does not decrease the risk of COVID-19 in healthcare workers – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
The bacille Calmette–Guérin vaccine may enhance generic antiviral immunity. In a randomized, controlled trial, health care workers received BCG vaccination or placebo. The BCG vaccine did not reduce Covid-19 risk. https://t.co/f2Uu4yhYZP
— NEJM (@NEJM) April 26, 2023
RCT | Prolonged higher dose methylprednisolone vs. conventional dexamethasone in COVID-19 pneumonia
4 May, 2023 | 13:53h | UTC
AAP Policy Statement | Protecting children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine
4 May, 2023 | 13:43h | UTCProtecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine – Pediatrics
Clinical Report: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine – Pediatrics
Commentaries:
Protecting Kids From Tobacco’s Harms: AAP Policy Explained – Health Children
What’s new in reducing the impact of tracheostomy on communication and swallowing in the ICU
4 May, 2023 | 13:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
? Tracheostomy? Profound impact on functional communication, swallowing/oral intake & other comorbidities in #ICU. Early strategies to restore laryngo‑pharyngeal airflow/subglottic P likely to ⬇️ negative impact ⬆️ short/longer-term sequelae.#ICUrehab
?️ https://t.co/Jslkv04Djf pic.twitter.com/YKLNKYvabC— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 23, 2023
ATS Research Statement | Causes, consequences, and treatments of sleep and circadian disruption in the ICU
3 May, 2023 | 15:18h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Causes, Consequences, and Treatments of Sleep and Circadian Disruption in the ICU: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement
? Open Access
? https://t.co/AKHd84D6Ry pic.twitter.com/U4bSRaC5uG— ATS Blue Journal (@ATSBlueEditor) April 13, 2023
Brief Review | Personalized noninvasive respiratory support for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
3 May, 2023 | 15:00h | UTCPersonalized noninvasive respiratory support for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Commentary on Twitter
Personalized noninvasive respiratory support for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure:
? physiological rationale
? clinical evidence
? physiologically based patient‑targeted strategies
? identification of treatment failure#FOAMcc on @yourICM
?️ https://t.co/O7cl2ShWzP pic.twitter.com/NCqo49ERv9— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 29, 2023
RCT | Lung volume reduction surgery vs. endobronchial valves in patients with emphysema
2 May, 2023 | 13:29h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
ERJ: In this first randomised study to compare lung volume reduction surgery and endobronchial valve placement in people who are suitable for both treatments, surgery did not produce substantially superior outcomes at 1 year post-procedure https://t.co/cFIVZijSJg pic.twitter.com/ZqRCgxYwLS
— ERS publications (@ERSpublications) May 1, 2023
RCT | Ventilation approaches in one-lung ventilation and pulmonary complications after major lung resection surgery
2 May, 2023 | 13:23h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
One of the largest #RCTs on the management of one lung ventilation in #thoracicanesthesia (880 pts). https://t.co/ZVhTP5sv4o pic.twitter.com/KyLu4BE2yd
— Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (@JCVAonline) April 30, 2023
Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019
28 Apr, 2023 | 13:17h | UTCNews Release: Chronic respiratory disease is third leading cause of death globally with air pollution killing 1.3 million people – IHME
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Modifiable risk factors like air pollution were responsible for roughly 70% of chronic respiratory disease (#CRD) deaths, finds new global burden of disease study published in @eClinicalMed @TheLancet ?
»https://t.co/uUVZFdNWVV pic.twitter.com/kgMXOePlfS
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) April 25, 2023
CHEST/AARC/ATS/CTS Research Statement | Effect of race and ethnicity on pulmonary function testing interpretation
28 Apr, 2023 | 13:10h | UTCCommentary: Pulmonary Testing Based on Race, Ethnicity Found Flawed – Medscape (free registration required)
RCT | Albuterol–budesonide pressurized metered dose inhaler in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma
28 Apr, 2023 | 13:13h | UTCRelated study: Albuterol–Budesonide Fixed-Dose Combination Rescue Inhaler for Asthma – New England Journal of Medicine
M-A | Corticosteroids in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
26 Apr, 2023 | 14:29h | UTCCorticosteroids in Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia: a Systematic Review, Pairwise and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis – Journal of General Internal Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related:
RCT | Hydrocortisone reduces mortality in severe community-acquired pneumonia
ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia
Post-tuberculosis lung impairment: systematic review and meta-analysis of spirometry data from 14 621 people
26 Apr, 2023 | 14:11h | UTC
PEEP-test study | The increase in cardiac output induced by a decrease in PEEP reliably detects volume responsiveness
26 Apr, 2023 | 14:03h | UTC
M-A | Prevalence of atypical pathogens in patients with severe pneumonia
26 Apr, 2023 | 14:02h | UTC
RCT | Endosonography with or without confirmatory mediastinoscopy for resectable lung cancer
26 Apr, 2023 | 13:56h | UTC
ASCO Guideline Update | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and treatment in patients with cancer
25 Apr, 2023 | 14:49h | UTC
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary
25 Apr, 2023 | 14:42h | UTCSummary: 2023 GOLD Guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
Original Guidance: 2023 GOLD REPORT: global strategy for prevention, diagnosis and management of COPD: 2023 Report – Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
WHO releases first-ever Standard on universal access to rapid TB diagnostics
24 Apr, 2023 | 14:04h | UTCNews Release: WHO releases first-ever Standard on universal access to rapid TB diagnostics – World Health Organization
WHO Standard: Universal access to rapid tuberculosis diagnostics – World Health Organization