CHEST Journal Podcasts

Navigating Conflicts Between Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Makers

Courtney R. Bruce, JD, MA, and Trevor Bibler, PhD, joint CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to discuss how their institution navigates and interprets differences in written advance directives and in-person requests from surrogate decision makers. They highlight one case study to demonstrate their process.

Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome

Borja G. Cosio, MD, and Peter Barnes, MD, Master FCCP, join CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to discuss Dr. Cosio et al's study that proposes diagnostic criteria to identify patients with asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).

Pulmonary Nodules: Do Guidelines Affect Patient Care?

Renda Soylenz Wiener, MD, MPH; Nichole T. Tanner, MD, MSCR; and editorialist David R. Baldwin, MD, join CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to discuss a series of articles in this month's issue of CHEST focusing on pulmonary nodules and whether guidelines affect decisions on patient diagnosis and treatment.

Heroin Inhalation and Early Onset Emphysema

Paul P. Walker, MD, and editorialist David M. Mannino, MD, FCCP, are interviewed by CHEST Podcast Editor D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to review the research by Walker et al on heroin smokers and their risk of developing COPD at an early age.

Dedicated Severe Asthma Services Improve QoL

Andrew N. Menzies-Gow, PhD, and editorialist Matthew Masoli, MD, are interviewed by CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to discuss the study by the British Thoracic Society Difficult Asthma Network showing that a dedicated severed asthma center is associated with improved quality of life and asthma control and a reduction in health-care use and oral steroid burden.

Risk of E-Cigarettes Higher Than Potential Benefits?

Joining CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, Mark V. Avdalic, MD, argues the case for, and Holly R. Middlekauff, MD, argues the cases against, painting electronic cigarettes as harmful products whose use clinicians should discourage.

Bronchoscopy Training: CHEST Expert Panel Report

Armin Ernest, MD, FCCP, and editorialist Michael J. Simoff, MD, FCCP, join guest podcast editor, Septimiu Murgu, MD, FCCP, to discsuss the new expert panel report from CHEST assessing the current state of bronchosopy training. Among topics they discuss are the role of societies and certification processes.

Point/Counterpoint: Small-bore pleural catheter placement preferred initial management for pleural effusions?

Hans J. Lee, MD, and Malcolm DeCamp, MD, join CHEST podcast editor D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to discuss the merits, pro and con, on the benefits of a small- vs. large bore catheter.

Ultrasound in the ICU

CHEST Ultrasound Corner Section Editor Seth Koenig, MD, FCCP, and Haney Mallemat, MD, are interviewed by CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP on the growth of use of ultrasound in the ICU and the resources that the CHEST organization provides to train physicians on its use.

Hospital Readmissions for Patients With COPD

Tina Shah, MD, MPH; Jeffrey H. Jennings, MD, and editorialist Byron Thomashow, MD, FCCP, engage in a wide-ranging discussion with CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, on the difficult issue of reducing readmissions for patients with COPD. Studies by Dr. Shah and colleagues and Dr. Jennings et al are highlighted.