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CCSC issues five Choosing Wisely recommendations
Overuse of tests, treatments, and procedures is an important example of low-value care that adds to the high cost of health care and provides...
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PCCM endorsed as pilot subspecialty by the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission
On Dec. 23, 2016, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission officially endorsed PCCM as a pilot subspecialty within China.
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Join Us for COPD: Current Excellence and Future Development May 7-9, 2017 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The global burden of COPD is increasing and is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Attend COPD: Current Excellence and Future...
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NetWorks: SEALs help physicians, blood storage questions, more. . .
The unrecognized battlefield in our hospitals: Lessons from the US Navy SEALs Burnout syndrome (BOS) is a psychological state resulting from...
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Pulmonary Perspectives: High levels of air pollution in Delhi and adverse health effects
“Nature’s condition, rightly interpreted, reveals a society’s culture and traditions as directly as does a novel or a newspaper or a code of laws...
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Critical Care Commentary: Highlights from the 2016 hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia guideline
This article aims to provide the highlights of the 2016 hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia guidelines and to motivate people to...
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Introducing our new Editorial Board Members
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This month in CHEST : Editor’s picks
Editorial Spread the Word About CHEST for 2017: Collaboration With Elsevier, Publishing of Guidelines, More Multimedia Content, and Changes for...
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NETWORKS: Pneumonia Day, evaluating inhalers, tobacco taxes Chest Infections Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Interprofessional Team
Pneumonia Day: Today is the day to act!This past November 12, we celebrated “Pneumonia Day,” named for a disease that has little connotation in...
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Sleep strategies: Sleep-disordered breathing and pregnancy complications: Emerging data and future directions
Background Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) conditions are characterized by abnormal respiratory patterns and abnormal gas exchange during sleep.1...