Authors of the CHEST/ATS Guideline on Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults in 2017 will review and update attendees on the use of several strategies that have been shown to facilitate ventilator liberation in a session this afternoon.

The Air Tank grant challenge, which is awarding its first funds during CHEST 2021, grew out of a need for improved digital learning formats during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHEST 2021 Conversation Starters offer opportunities for small groups to gather in virtual breakout rooms to discuss professional challenges.

Authors of CHEST’s newly developed clinical practice guidelines on venous thromboembolism (VTE) therapy and lung cancer screening will discuss the rationale behind some recommendations that might be considered controversial.

The ICU is among the settings with the highest rates of burnout among health care workers. On Monday morning, Curtis N. Sessler, MD, Master FCCP, will deliver the Presidential Honor Lecture about the importance of mitigating that longstanding problem.

“No one imagined the scope of the challenges on the system, including the need to creatively use nonclinical spaces for patient care,” said Sunita Sharma, MD.

Walk in a patient’s shoes and understand their challenges and concerns through Virtual Patient Tours (VPTs) available exclusively to CHEST 2021 registrants.

Jennifer Hunt, MD, is a best-selling author and certified executive coach, and she has extensive experience in coaching aspiring, emerging, and current high-achieving leaders.

Throughout the meeting, Program Co-Chairs Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP, and David Zielinski, MD, FCCP—along with a rotating guest list of CHEST leaders—will be providing live insights, observations, and commentary.

Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP, will chair the session Viruses, Variants, Vaccines, and Virulence: The Present and Future of COVID-19 today. Presentations will cover the very latest developments in the pandemic.