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Mashup Score: 19The Wild, Wild West - 4 day(s) ago
In this issue of CHEST, John et al1 studied the practices and impacts of postinterview communication (PIC) after the critical care medicine/pulmonary and critical care medicine (CCM/PCCM) fellowship interviews were completed by surveying both applicants and program directors (PDs) after the 2022-2023 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Specialty Match. We commend the authors for completing a methodologically well-designed study by addressing a question with broad, practical implications for graduate medical education, even beyond CCM/PCCM.
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Mashup Score: 4Variable Practice, Variable Results - 4 day(s) ago
PIC is common among CCM/PCCM applicants and program directors. About 50% of applicants and 20% of program directors share ranking intentions via PIC. Although PIC did not impact ROL for most applicants and program directors, a minority of applicants and program directors moved programs up on their ROL after receiving PIC from the other party. Applicants have mixed perspectives on PIC value. Applicants and program directors alike desire clear guidance on PIC to minimize ambiguous and misleading communication.
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Mashup Score: 0CHEST - Search Results - 10 day(s) ago
Please login to view your saved searches. CHEST Vol. 165 Is sue 2 e33 – e37 John W. Gilboy D. O’Brien J.B. Zuckerman CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3916 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3917 – A3918 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3919 – A3920 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3924 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3939 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3962 – A3963 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3964 – A3965 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement A3971 – A3972 CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement
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Mashup Score: 9Sarcoidosis - 11 day(s) ago
Sarcoidosis is an important member of the family of granulomatous lung diseases. Since its recognition in the late 19th century, sarcoidosis has been thought of as a disease of unknown cause. Over the past 20 years, this paradigm has been shifting, more rapidly in the past 10 years. Epidemiologic studies, bolstered by case reports, have provided evidence of causal associations between occupational exposure to specific agents and sarcoidosis. Pathogenesis has been more clearly defined, including the role of gene-exposure interactions.
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To spread awareness for National Sarcoidosis Day, read & share a journal CHEST® review discussing published findings regarding associations between occupational exposure to silica and silicates, World Trade Center dust/metals, and risk for #sarcoidosis: https://t.co/rxCU2sXhDP https://t.co/aK2yMTZgzt
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Mashup Score: 2Equity in Health Care Collection: CHEST - 1 month(s) ago
Vol. 164 Issue 6 p1359 – 1360 Vikramjit Mukherjee Ryan C. Maves We have endured a disaster on a scale that few could have anticipated in 2019. After a prolonged emergency with more than 1 million deaths in the United States alone, critical care professionals have become familiar with concepts of resource limitations, load-balancing, and triage. Although the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic hopefully is past us, disasters occur regularly. Natural disasters such as extreme weather events, wildfires,
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Mashup Score: 3
Climate change represents a major and growing threat to population health and disproportionately affects patients with respiratory illness by driving increased symptoms, exacerbations, and health care use in both asthma and COPD.
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Mashup Score: 5Precision Solutions - 1 month(s) ago
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening condition characterized by abnormally elevated pulmonary pressures and progressive right-sided heart failure.1 Current therapies can improve quality of life and reduce morbidity and mortality; however, lung transplantation remains the only option for end-stage disease because of the progressive nature of PH. One of the key priorities in PH care is early diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment initiation of patients receiving care at regional medical centers.
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Survey results assessing the state of pulmonary hypertension in Latin America show the need for prompt action by health care professional organizations and each country’s health system. Read more in the latest #CHESTHumanities article in the March issue: https://t.co/reQ4SBbVgY https://t.co/hiUThPpOYf
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Mashup Score: 9Exertional Desaturation During the 6-Minute Walk Test vs Daily Life in People With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease - 1 month(s) ago
Fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD) is characterized by fibrosis of the lung tissue that often progresses over time.1 Exertional desaturation is a common feature of fILD2 that often is treated with ambulatory oxygen therapy (AOT).3 The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is used commonly to identify the presence and extent of exertional desaturation and consequently guides prescription of AOT. It is unclear whether the 6MWT accurately detects desaturation during daily life in people with fILD.4 The primary aim of this study was to assess the relationship between exertional desaturation during the 6MWT and during daily life in people with fILD.
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Mashup Score: 45A Diagnostic Approach to Fungal Pneumonia - 2 month(s) ago
Although bacteria significantly exceed fungi as the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection, the incidence of fungal pneumonia is increasing because of a growing at-risk population of immunocompromised individuals as well as anthropogenic global heating and environmental disruption. When a patient presents with a clinical syndrome of pneumonia, a constellation of factors must be considered to determine the probability of a fungal pneumonia, including host factors, epidemiologic exposures, suggestive radiographic patterns, and the presence of a non-resolving pneumonia.
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Mashup Score: 6
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension associated with left-sided heart and lung diseases are most commonly easily discriminated and treated accordingly. With the changing epidemiology of PAH, however, a growing proportion of patients at the time of diagnosis present with comorbidities of varying severity. In addition to classical PAH, two distinct phenotypes have emerged: a heart failure with preserved ejection fraction-like phenotype and a lung phenotype. Importantly, the evidence supporting the currently proposed treatment algorithm for PAH has been generated mainly from PAH trials in which patients with cardiopulmonary comorbidities have been underrepresented or excluded.
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Our commentary on post-PCCM fellowship interview communication is out in @accpchest! @jennifer_jwm and I argue that the chaotic status quo must change. https://t.co/XSfLPwAzK9 https://t.co/A0i6BCqTr5