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Variables beyond gender differences contribute to ‘invisible epidemic’ of lung cancer in women
While smoking prevalence is declining among both men and women, lung cancer mortality among women is up. A panel on Tuesday explored contributing factors.
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CHEST-led expert panel submits home NIV report to Medicare on need for NCD updates
“The current NCDs for NIV patients with thoracic restrictive disorders, COPD, and hypoventilation syndromes conflict with new literature and don’t reflect the rapidly evolving technology in the field,” said Peter C. Gay, MD, MS, FCCP.
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Panel aims to help overcome gender disparities in pulmonary and critical care medicine
A session Wednesday morning including Margaret Pisani, MD, MPH, FCCP, and Andrea Braun, MD, FCCP, will explore the reasons for gender disparities, strategies to eliminate them, and ways to fight overt discrimination, unconscious bias, and imposter syndrome.
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Plenary session to address top questions about NHLBI 2020 Focused Updates in Asthma Management
Shahid I. Sheikh, MD, FCCP, will chair a plenary session on Wednesday morning that is designed to help participants understand the rationale behind a few of the updates.
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Update on prone positioning to improve ventilation perfusion ratio
Ritwick Agrawal, MD, FCCP, will chair the session Changing Landscape of Prone Positioning Across Pulmonary Medicine, featuring several investigators from the Awake Prone Position for Early Hypoxemia in COVID-19 trial.
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Access bonus on-demand content from CHEST NetWorks
Watch bite-sized presentations from experts on key topics in chest medicine and learn how you can participate in CHEST’s special interest groups.
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Emerging advances have the potential to change the future of sepsis care
During a session on Monday, panelists provided overviews of important recent sepsis advances and ones they expect to be on the horizon in the near future.
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Racism sparked disparate COVID-19 care, outcomes
A panel discussion Monday took a look at the history of racism in health care and how existing disparities across society exacerbated COVID-19’s destructive impact in communities of color.
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Crossfire debate targets airway management practices during COVID-19
June Chae, MD, and Viren Kaul, MD, FCCP, will co-chair a crossfire debate this afternoon about intubation and other airway management practices in light of COVID-19.
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Ciaglia Memorial Lecture to explore the vision of robotic bronchoscopy
Robotic bronchoscopy is poised to transform lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, says Michael J. Simoff, MD, FCCP, who will deliver the Ciaglia Memorial Lecture today.
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CHEST Challenge celebrates 20 years of educating, entertaining
Tonight’s 20th anniversary edition of the CHEST Challenge Championship might be a bit of comfort food amid a year of hardships, according to William Kelly, MD, FCCP.
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Who are the CHEST Challenge 2021 finalists?
Meet the three final teams competing in the 20th anniversary of the CHEST Challenge Championship at CHEST 2021. These fellows from training programs across the country will compete in a Jeopardy!-style live game show Tuesday night.