Conference Coverage
VTE risk after bariatric surgery should be assessed
SEATTLE – Thromboelastometry can play a role in identifying bariatric surgery patients at risk for VTE.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Fix physician burnout? You need more than yoga
Physicians looking to renew their professional satisfaction and personal well-being should turn to an unlikely ally.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: A treatment plan for medicine’s gender inequities
A new generation of younger physicians - women and men - can reshape medicine's mindset on gender equity.
From the Journals
Triple-therapy cuts COPD exacerbations
The combination of an inhaled long-acting beta2-agonist, long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and glucocorticoid may reduce moderate to severe...
Feature
Federal court puts chill on Maryland drug price-gouging law
Similar price-gouging legislation has been introduced in at least 13 states this year, though none of those measures became law.
Feature
Will patients get on board with CMS’s new health data approach?
CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, wants clinicians who still believe they can deny patients’ access to their own health records to change their...
From the Journals
24-hour ambulatory BP measurements strongly predict mortality
Masked hypertension identified by 24-hour monitoring carried the greatest risk of death.
From the Journals
Doctors call for a pause to rethink MIPS measures
“We need a time-out during which to assess and revise our approach to physician performance measurement,” according to experts on the ACP’s...
Video
VIDEO: Screening ECG patch boosts AF diagnoses ninefold
ECG patches may provide an inexpensive and noninvasive way to screen for asymptomatic atrial fibrillation in high-risk people.
From the Journals
Don’t use cannabis to treat OSA, AASM recommends
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that state legislators, regulators, and health departments exclude OSA as an indication for...
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Opinion
Liability with nurse practitioners and physician assistants
How much legal responsibility does a physician have when a nurse practitioner is negligent?
Conference Coverage
Nivolumab shows promise in early-stage resectable NSCLC
The majority of 20 patients with resectable NSCLC were alive and recurrence-free 1 year after surgery and nivolumab treatment.
From the Journals
Smoking increases heart failure risk in blacks
Current smoking among blacks was associated with higher mean left ventricular mass and lower mean left ventricular systolic function.
Conference Coverage
Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
Conference Coverage
Consider spironolactone in treatment-resistant hypertension
ORLANDO – How to apply the lessons of PATHWAY-2 trial to everyday practice.
Conference Coverage
The ‘holy grail’ of thrombosis prevention
SAN DIEGO – One expert says it’s the ability to determine the risk of recurrence with or without continuation of anticoagulant treatment.
From the Journals
Disrupted sleep tied to elevated levels of alexithymia
Researchers reported rising rates of alexithymia in patients with psychiatric conditions such as autism, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and...
Pulmonary Perspectives®
Hurricane relief and patient care
My perspective is that of patient care and transport between the Centro Medico hospital complex in San Juan, the larger regional hospitals, the...
News From CHEST
Five things to do around the convention center at CHEST 2018
Planning to attend CHEST 2018? We know you’re always on the go, so we’ve come up with a few quick things to do in San Antonio without having to go...
News From CHEST
New lung cancer screening guideline from CHEST
An update to CHEST's lung cancer screening guideline, Screening for Lung Cancer: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report, has just been published...
Critical Care Commentary
Life after angiotensin II
Hypotension is an often-underestimated adversary. Even brief periods of intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP) <65 mm Hg increase the odds...
News from CHEST
- Hurricane relief and patient care
- Five things to do around the convention center at CHEST 2018
- New lung cancer screening guideline from CHEST
- Life after angiotensin II
- Bringing respiratory care to asthma clinics in Guyana
- FDA to host meeting about sleep apnea devices
- “No consequence” Knowledge Check-In expands
- New strategic plan for CHEST
- This month in the journal CHEST®
- SAVE LIVES: Clean your hands
Practice Management
- VIDEO: Fix physician burnout? You need more than yoga
- VIDEO: A treatment plan for medicine’s gender inequities
- Federal court puts chill on Maryland drug price-gouging law
- Will patients get on board with CMS’s new health data approach?
- Doctors call for a pause to rethink MIPS measures
- Liability with nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Most physicians support Medicaid work requirements
- MedPAC urges CMS to curb low-value care
- Asthma flourishing in its medical home
- Health IT ‘under-users’ outnumber ‘super-users’
