Lora Reineck, MD, MS, will chair a plenary session Tuesday morning where investigators will provide updates on recent research conducted by the PETAL (Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury) Network.

PAH and HFpEF share multiple clinical signs and symptoms, but getting the diagnosis wrong means getting the treatment wrong and potentially harming your patient, said Veronica Franco, MD, MSPH.

The “First Contact” escape room will once again transport attendees 100 years into the future on a space flight that will test their pulmonary knowledge through a series of interactive multimedia puzzles.

A session Tuesday morning with Swetha Gogineni, MD, will focus on three discrete clinical areas—normal sleep, central sleep apnea, and obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Sujith Cherian, MD, FCCP, leads a panel discussion Tuesday morning on management strategies for patients with malignant pleural effusions, including new combination techniques for management and factors dictating the choice of one technique over the other.

An annual meeting favorite, the Clinical Case Puzzlers sessions feature difficult patient cases presented to a panel of master clinicians, pathologists, and radiologists who then dissect the case, share their strategies for understanding it, and arrive at a diagnosis.

Empathy and empathic communication is not just important for patients, but for the physicians, nurses, and the entire health care team who care for them, said Demondes Haynes, MD, FCCP.

On Sunday, an international panel of physicians talked about the needs and challenges of providing critical care services in low-resource settings around the globe.

Presenters explored how burnout among health care providers was deeply exacerbated by the pandemic, the ways it further burdens the entire health care universe, and what can be done about it.

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.