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Varenicline sampling with minimal guidance may boost smoking cessation rates
According to the investigators, the medication sampling model may lower barriers to engagement and allow patients to consider cessation on their own terms.
Recent News
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Using gastric POCUS in the ICU for aspiration risk assessment
In an era of increasing GLP-1 receptor agonist use and frequent emergency airway interventions, gastric POCUS provides clinically actionable information that fasting history alone cannot.
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Bronchiectasis: Bridging the gap between guidelines and real-world care
The measure of a guideline is not how comprehensively it describes ideal care but how consistently its recommendations reach the patients who need them.
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AI in home mechanical ventilation: Friend or foe?
Pulmonary medicine has not developed a shared language for home mechanical ventilation, which limits the application of artificial intelligence in patient care.
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Leadership begins before the title
CHEST President Neil Freedman, MD, FCCP, discusses what makes a strong leader and how CHEST can help set clinicians on that path.
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FDA warning on montelukast linked to prescription decline for asthma
Sami Hossri, MD, FCCP, said that while data show the warning prompted an immediate and sharp drop in new prescriptions, the shift in overall use was more modest.
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MARCH trial challenges routine use of mucoactive therapies in mechanically ventilated patients
Jesse Hall, MD, said the safety findings revealed “clinically significant events and tip the balance from ‘no benefit’ to ‘no benefit and likely harms.’”
