Deep Breaths: Updates from CHEST
Welcome to the Deep Breaths: Updates from CHEST series, dedicated to championing the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lung and chest diseases. Check out CHEST leaders and advocates sharing the latest in chest medicine education, clinical research, and team-based care in the areas of pulmonary diseases, critical care, and sleep medicine. Learn more about the latest diagnostic and treatment advances in pulmonology and critical care below.
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Episodes
- 43
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Bridging Specialties™: Timely Diagnosis for ILD Patients
Guest: Andrew H. Limper, MD
Guest: Timothy A. Hernandez, MD
There are many barriers to reaching a definitive diagnosis for idiopathic pulmonary f…
Investigating Inflammatory Mediators in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Guest: Kathleen M. Buchheit, MD
Guest: Philippe Gevaert, MD, PhD
Do cytokines play a role in chronic rhinosinusitis? Dr. Peter Howart…
Investigating T2 Inflammation in Severe Asthma & COPD
Guest: Ian Pavord, MA, DM, FRCP, FERS, FMedSci
Guest: Geoffrey Chupp, MD
Type 2 inflammation can be challenging to identify. What sho…
Optimizing Delivery with LAMAs: A Look at Key Considerations & Clinical Data
Guest: Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
Inhalers are one of the most common methods of delivery for the treatment of COPD, but is it the best option fo…
Navigating Nebulized LAMAs for COPD Patients
Guest: Farrukh Abbas, MD
On average, more than two-thirds of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) make at least one error in u…
Closing the Gaps in Care: A Look at Diagnostic Challenges for Severe Asthma
Guest: Michael E. Wechsler, MD, MMSc
Severe asthma is an uncontrolled disease that can be difficult to diagnose. To help us overcome this obstacle, Dr. Tom…
Evaluating Eosinophilic Disorders: A Dive into Diagnosing EGPA & HES
Guest: Praveen Akuthota, MD
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis and hypereosinophilic syndromes are often mistaken for each other. How can …
Evaluating Therapy Escalation for Patients with COPD
Guest: Hassan Bencheqroun, MD
Evaluating the need for therapy escalation can be challenging. So joining Dr. Charles Turck to help us understand …
Evaluating the Role of Steroids in COPD: What We Need to Know
Guest: Deborah Levine, MD, FCCP
To better understand whether or not corticosteroids should be incorporated in treatment for our patients with CO…
COPD Treatment Adherence: Single vs. Multiple Inhaler Triple Therapy
Guest: Chitra Lal, MD
Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Dr. Chitra Lal, a Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Char…
Key Considerations for Coadministration: Fighting Against COVID-19 & Other Infectious Diseases
Guest: Randy Young, MD
Despite widespread eligibility, only half of Americans received their flu vaccine last year, and only 55% have been fully vacc…
Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Helping Patients Overcome Addiction
Guest: Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA
Guest: Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD
Dr. Matt Bars is joined by his two colleagues: Dr. Laura Crotty Ale…
Keys to Overcoming Diagnostic Delays in NTM Lung Disease
Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C
Guest: David E. Griffith, MD
The prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease in the United States has al…
Meeting the Needs of Uncontrolled Asthma Patients
Guest: Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, FCCP
To help us address the current lack of awareness of uncontrolled or symptomatic asthma in all stages of the disease, D…
Breaking Down the Management of MAC Lung Disease
Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C
Guest: Timothy Aksamit, MD
The care team supporting a patient with mycobacterium avium complex, or MAC, lung disease is j…
New Considerations for Step-Up Treatments in Asthma Patients
Guest: Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
Now that long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonists (LAMAs) have entered the scene, Dr. Tom Corbridge is joined by Dr. Nav…
Latest Treatment Guidelines for Uncontrolled Asthma
Guest: Matt Hegewald, MD FCCP
With uncontrolled asthma placing such a tremendous burden on our patients and our society, how can we use the latest treatmen…
NTM Lung Disease: Management Strategies and Importance of Lung Wellness
Guest: Amy Levinger, MSN, FNP-C
Guest: Timothy Aksamit, MD
There are numerous factors that contribute to an overall wellness of patients with of NTM re…
Impacts of Patients Underreporting COPD Exacerbations
Guest: Gary T. Ferguson, MD, F.C.C.P
Listen in as Dr. Tom Corbridge and Dr. Gary Ferguson discuss the challenges physicians and patients face when there is…
What’s New in COPD Care: Updates to the GOLD Guidelines & Other Advances
Guest: Neil J. Freedman, MD
Coming from the 2019 annual CHEST conference in New Orleans, Dr. Nicola Hanania joins Dr. Neil Freedman to discuss the …