Emphysema’s significant morbidity and mortality underscore the need for reliable outcome metrics in clinical trials. However, commonly accepted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcome measure…
A man wanders into his doctor’s office because he is taking medication for hypertension. He leaves satisfied but puzzled because, even though the doctor assures…
We explain the role of Medicaid for hospitals, including how much spending on hospital care comes from Medicaid, the share of births covered by the…
“.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 211(5), pp. 700–708 * This author’s current affiliation is Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine,…
Adolescents with food allergy had 2.83 food allergic reactions per 100 person-months, just under half of which met the criteria for anaphylaxis.
A U.S. Attorney is suggesting that CHEST and other medical journals are politically biased and that the financial disclosures of the authors who publish in…
Rationale: Continuity of nursing care is highly valued in the intensive care unit (ICU), but its impact on patient outcomes remains unclear. Objectives: To investigate…
Human lungs (most people have two), as the sine qua non organs of the respiratory system, are a remarkable and beautiful evolutionary adaptation to terrestria…
This data note documents differences by sex in the work status of adult Medicaid enrollees ages 19-64 who were not receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI)…
Adverse environmental exposures worsened by our changing climate threaten respiratory health and exacerbate existing social inequities that further undermine environmental justice (EJ). EJ is the…
ilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine on the vasopressor response in patients with refractory septic shock. DESIGN: This study was a multicenter,…
