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CHEST 2015
CHEST 2015
CHEST 2015 will feature original chest medicine investigative research from around the world, case-based learning sessions that offer solutions to real-world clinical problems, and in-depth presentations and information that can be applied to advance patient care in daily practice.
Q&A With Barbara A. Phillips From University of Kentucky: CHEST Takes Educating Doctors To Global Levels
Looking to be the "Global Leader" in clinical education in pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine can be a daunting task but with their annual meeting the team at CHEST looks to impart the latest information to their members to provide the best care for patients.
Q&A With Danny McBryan From Boehringer Ingelheim: New Data Shows COPD Medication Could Help Asthma Patients Better Manage Symptoms
Asthma is a common problem in the medical community and even while there are many treatment options on the market, controlling symptoms of the condition continues to be an issue for patients and doctors alike.
Q&A With Danny McBryan From Boehringer Ingelheim: Patients With IPF Have First Signs of Hope With Approval of New Medication
In the world of pulmonary conditions idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is among the rarest, and up until recently there were no treatments available to help these patients. With the approval of OFEV there is now something that can be done while more research is conducted.
Q&A With Danny McBryan From Boehringer Ingelheim: Stiolto Provides New Treatment Option For Patients With COPD
With the number of patients diagnosed with COPD continuing to grow new treatment options are also needed to help these patients maintain a sustainable quality of life.
Q&A With Alex Niven From University of Washington: As Healthcare Changes Interdisciplinary Approaches Become More Valuable to Doctors And Patients
While the days of the solo practitioner hanging a shingle in their hometown winds to an end the healthcare community is now turning its attention to how teams can provide the best level of care to patients.
Q&A With Alex Niven From University of Washington: Through Educational Programming CHEST Looks To Boost Knowledge of Doctors
Even as the annual CHEST meeting moved across the border to Montreal the goal of the event was the same, to provide education to attendees on a wide range of topics.
VAP Prevention Gets New, Effective Technologies
Ventilators are life-saving breathing devices that are essential in some situations; but ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)? It's fair to say that we would all happily do without.
Progress Made Towards Early Detection of VAP
Technology may have a hand in promoting disease, but it's also the thing that helps prevent, stop, and treat it.
Driving Risk Factors Behind Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Ventilators that help patients breathe can be life-saving devices; however, they also have the power to cause deadly ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
Silicone Butt Injections Sent Woman to Hospital with Serious Condition
What do silicone buttock injections have to do with lung tissue inflammation? You might not believe it if it wasn't documented.
Q&A With Jad Kebbe From University At Buffalo: Looking At the Impact of PTSD On Intensive Care Patients
Post traumatic stress disorder is a serious condition that affects not only our country's veterans but other people who have experienced difficult events in their lives. The implications can stretch to various parts of their lives including other areas of their health care.
Q&A With Pablo Moreno Franco From Mayo Clinic: New Guidelines Aim To Help Treat Sepsis In Hospital Care
At the annual CHEST conference in Montreal one of the sessions looked at new guidelines for treating patients with sepsis in emergency medical care.
Married ER Physicians Land in Hospital From Jungle Juice
Even doctors aren't safe from landing in their own office.
Evaluation of Severe COPD, Exercise, and Non-Invasive Ventilation
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) accounts for eight million doctor visits each year in the United States alone, and a new analysis took a deeper look into adding multiple therapies to improve symptoms of the lung disease.
Portable Ventilator Could Increase Physical Activity in Respiratory Conditions
It's already well-known that greater activity translates to lower levels of mortality when it comes to chronic respiratory conditions. The latest data indicates that the Non-invasive Open Ventilation (NIOV) device be able to increase physical activity.
COPD: Dyspnea Questionnaire Does Not Determine Physical Activity
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can majorly limit physical activity and impair quality of life. A system believed to predict activity level proved to not be helpful after all.
Aerobic Exercise Program Gets a Thumbs Up for Asthma Control
Some patients with asthma may find aerobic exercise to be especially challenging; however, that may be the very thing that they need in order to keep their condition under control.
Attention Health Care Providers: Don't Be Afraid of Advance Directives
Initiating a sensitive conversation in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be uncomfortable, but a new analysis shows that's exactly what patients want.
Identifying Patients Before They Need the ICU
"A lot of us know that, essentially, if you don't rescue the patient from falling off a cliff, there's a negative patient outcome," Nathan Boyer, CPT (P), MC, from the Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, began a presentation at the CHEST 2015 meeting in Montréal, Canada.
Less Than One-Fifth of Doctors Do Required Test for COPD
If post-bronchodilator spirometry is required for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), why doesn't every single primary care physician do it?
Twitter Talk Surpasses Pulmonary Conference Attendees
Millennials aren't the only ones using social media; professionals and the minds behind credible institutions have taken to the websites to spread their news and messages. A recent analysis that will be described at CHEST 2015 in Montréal, Canada found just how prominent Twitter discussions are at pulmonary conferences – including CHEST over the years.
Less Than a Quarter of Pulmonary Clinical Trials Report Ethnicity
When the Food and Drug Administration Amendment Act (FDAAA) went into effect in 2007, summaries from clinical trials were required to be posted to ClinicalTrials.gov. While demographics are required in data, race/ethnicity are not, and an alarming amount of pulmonary studies did not report the optional information.
Shocking Percent of Physicians Still Smoking
Healthcare providers are supposed to be one of the top advocates for no smoking, right? Well the amount of physicians still lighting up cigarettes is prevalent.
COPD: Yoga Just as Effective as Standard Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Imagine if there was a wallet-friendly rehabilitation strategy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that provides the same benefits as standard care. Well, you can stop imagining and see it for yourself.
Pre-Lung Transplant Symptoms Commonly Include Psychiatric Conditions
It's not unheard of for patients waiting to get lung transplants to suffer from psychiatric symptoms. In fact, it's actually common and the symptoms aren't limited to those who previously had psychiatric conditions.
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