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CHEST works to provide opportunities for members to serve as expert sources for both mainstream and trade media to create a stronger voice for members in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
Below are media coverage highlights from the past few months that work to expand awareness of CHEST and to promote the expertise of CHEST members in the media.
Improving NIV access for patients with COPD
In December, Pulmonology Advisor covered recommendations from the noninvasive ventilation Technical Expert Panel report published in the journal CHEST® by The American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Thoracic Society.
The article shares that, in the United States, patients with COPD are often prescribed home mechanical ventilators rather than more appropriate devices, due largely to current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies that do not always take into account unique complexities of patients’ conditions.
In addition to the recommendations covered in Optimal NIV Medicare Access Promotion: Patients With COPD, the Technical Expert Panel also published reports on patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, patients with Central Sleep Apnea, patients with Hypoventilation Syndromes, and patients with Thoracic Restrictive Disorders in the journal CHEST.
The full article, Expert Panel Guidelines Promote Access to In-Home NIV for Patients With COPD, can be found on the Pulmonology Advisor website.
OSA and cardiovascular mortality
A journal CHEST® article, “A Validation Study of Four Different Cluster Analyses of OSA and the Incidence of Cardiovascular Mortality in a Hispanic Population,” by Gonzalo Labarca, MD, et al. was featured in a Healio Pulmonology article.
The research showed an association between excessive sleepiness and increased risk for cardiovascular mortality in Hispanic adults with moderate to severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and, in the article, Dr. Labarca says, “The Latino population is underrepresented in the scientific literature. Therefore, validation data regarding novel approaches to better identify a subtype of OSA patients at high risk of CV mortality is strongly needed.”
The full article, Risk for CV Mortality Elevated in Hispanic Adults with OSA, Excessive Sleepiness, can be found on the Healio website.
Member in the news:
Chair of the CHEST COVID-19 Task Force, Ryan Maves, MD , joined New York Times podcast, “The Daily” to discuss how the omicron COVID-19 surge was different than previous surges because unvaccinated deaths are skewing younger. During the podcast, Dr. Maves said, “You know, many more [unvaccinated] people in their 40s and 50s are dying. And it’s a grim feeling, watching people who are your own age and maybe not that much older than you die of an entirely preventable illness.” The full podcast, This COVID Surge Feels Different can be found on the New York Times website.
CHEST news
CHEST regularly issues statements and press releases on a variety of topics, including closing the synthetic nicotine loophole and requests for Congress to extend telehealth services.
For all recent CHEST News, including these statements, visit the CHEST Newsroom at chestnet.org, and follow the hashtag #CHESTNews on Twitter.
If you have been included in a recent news article and would like it to be featured, send the coverage to [email protected].
CHEST works to provide opportunities for members to serve as expert sources for both mainstream and trade media to create a stronger voice for members in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
Below are media coverage highlights from the past few months that work to expand awareness of CHEST and to promote the expertise of CHEST members in the media.
Improving NIV access for patients with COPD
In December, Pulmonology Advisor covered recommendations from the noninvasive ventilation Technical Expert Panel report published in the journal CHEST® by The American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Thoracic Society.
The article shares that, in the United States, patients with COPD are often prescribed home mechanical ventilators rather than more appropriate devices, due largely to current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies that do not always take into account unique complexities of patients’ conditions.
In addition to the recommendations covered in Optimal NIV Medicare Access Promotion: Patients With COPD, the Technical Expert Panel also published reports on patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, patients with Central Sleep Apnea, patients with Hypoventilation Syndromes, and patients with Thoracic Restrictive Disorders in the journal CHEST.
The full article, Expert Panel Guidelines Promote Access to In-Home NIV for Patients With COPD, can be found on the Pulmonology Advisor website.
OSA and cardiovascular mortality
A journal CHEST® article, “A Validation Study of Four Different Cluster Analyses of OSA and the Incidence of Cardiovascular Mortality in a Hispanic Population,” by Gonzalo Labarca, MD, et al. was featured in a Healio Pulmonology article.
The research showed an association between excessive sleepiness and increased risk for cardiovascular mortality in Hispanic adults with moderate to severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and, in the article, Dr. Labarca says, “The Latino population is underrepresented in the scientific literature. Therefore, validation data regarding novel approaches to better identify a subtype of OSA patients at high risk of CV mortality is strongly needed.”
The full article, Risk for CV Mortality Elevated in Hispanic Adults with OSA, Excessive Sleepiness, can be found on the Healio website.
Member in the news:
Chair of the CHEST COVID-19 Task Force, Ryan Maves, MD , joined New York Times podcast, “The Daily” to discuss how the omicron COVID-19 surge was different than previous surges because unvaccinated deaths are skewing younger. During the podcast, Dr. Maves said, “You know, many more [unvaccinated] people in their 40s and 50s are dying. And it’s a grim feeling, watching people who are your own age and maybe not that much older than you die of an entirely preventable illness.” The full podcast, This COVID Surge Feels Different can be found on the New York Times website.
CHEST news
CHEST regularly issues statements and press releases on a variety of topics, including closing the synthetic nicotine loophole and requests for Congress to extend telehealth services.
For all recent CHEST News, including these statements, visit the CHEST Newsroom at chestnet.org, and follow the hashtag #CHESTNews on Twitter.
If you have been included in a recent news article and would like it to be featured, send the coverage to [email protected].
CHEST works to provide opportunities for members to serve as expert sources for both mainstream and trade media to create a stronger voice for members in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
Below are media coverage highlights from the past few months that work to expand awareness of CHEST and to promote the expertise of CHEST members in the media.
Improving NIV access for patients with COPD
In December, Pulmonology Advisor covered recommendations from the noninvasive ventilation Technical Expert Panel report published in the journal CHEST® by The American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Thoracic Society.
The article shares that, in the United States, patients with COPD are often prescribed home mechanical ventilators rather than more appropriate devices, due largely to current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies that do not always take into account unique complexities of patients’ conditions.
In addition to the recommendations covered in Optimal NIV Medicare Access Promotion: Patients With COPD, the Technical Expert Panel also published reports on patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, patients with Central Sleep Apnea, patients with Hypoventilation Syndromes, and patients with Thoracic Restrictive Disorders in the journal CHEST.
The full article, Expert Panel Guidelines Promote Access to In-Home NIV for Patients With COPD, can be found on the Pulmonology Advisor website.
OSA and cardiovascular mortality
A journal CHEST® article, “A Validation Study of Four Different Cluster Analyses of OSA and the Incidence of Cardiovascular Mortality in a Hispanic Population,” by Gonzalo Labarca, MD, et al. was featured in a Healio Pulmonology article.
The research showed an association between excessive sleepiness and increased risk for cardiovascular mortality in Hispanic adults with moderate to severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and, in the article, Dr. Labarca says, “The Latino population is underrepresented in the scientific literature. Therefore, validation data regarding novel approaches to better identify a subtype of OSA patients at high risk of CV mortality is strongly needed.”
The full article, Risk for CV Mortality Elevated in Hispanic Adults with OSA, Excessive Sleepiness, can be found on the Healio website.
Member in the news:
Chair of the CHEST COVID-19 Task Force, Ryan Maves, MD , joined New York Times podcast, “The Daily” to discuss how the omicron COVID-19 surge was different than previous surges because unvaccinated deaths are skewing younger. During the podcast, Dr. Maves said, “You know, many more [unvaccinated] people in their 40s and 50s are dying. And it’s a grim feeling, watching people who are your own age and maybe not that much older than you die of an entirely preventable illness.” The full podcast, This COVID Surge Feels Different can be found on the New York Times website.
CHEST news
CHEST regularly issues statements and press releases on a variety of topics, including closing the synthetic nicotine loophole and requests for Congress to extend telehealth services.
For all recent CHEST News, including these statements, visit the CHEST Newsroom at chestnet.org, and follow the hashtag #CHESTNews on Twitter.
If you have been included in a recent news article and would like it to be featured, send the coverage to [email protected].