CHEST Pulse

In this episode, some of the world’s leading intensivists from low-and middle-income countries discuss the special challenges that they have faced on the COVID-19 front lines, talk about what their countries are doing to combat the disease, and explore the impact of COVID-19 on their flu season as they are emerging from winter into spring. (Originally recorded November 5, 2020) Moderators: Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP, and Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD. Panelists: Sai Praveen Haranath, MBBS, MPH, FCCP; Flavia Machado, MD; and Mervyn Mer, MBBCh, PhD, FCCP. For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19. **This program was made possible by an independent grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., who provided financial support for the program.**

This year’s CHEST Annual Meeting program featured a wide variety of sessions designed to keep clinicians up-to-date on the latest COVID-19 science and patient care. Listen as a panel of experts discusses highlights, key takeaways, and important insights from the COVID-19 presentations at CHEST 2020. (Originally recorded October 29, 2020) Moderator: Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP. Panelists: Neha S. Dangayach, MD; Holly L. Keyt, MD, FCCP; Ryan C. Maves, MD, FCCP; Mangala Narasimhan, DO, FCCP; and Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP. For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.

Health-care providers in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine face a unique set of challenges caring for patients with COVID-19. Traditional coping mechanisms are stretched and sometimes exhausted. Previously unfamiliar stressors call for a revisit of our strategies to combat stress and fatigue. Learn more in this episode. (Originally recorded August 19, 2020) Moderator: Alexander S. Niven, MD, FCCP. Panelists: Ritwick Agrawal, MD, MS, FCCP; Anjali Bhagra, MD; Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR; and Barbara A. Phillips, MD, MSPH, FCCP. For more tools to help you maintain peak performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit the CHEST Wellness Center at https://www.chestnet.org/Guidelines-and-Resources/Resources/Wellness-Resources.

In this episode, hear about the various aspects of lung transplantation in the era of COVID-19, including lung transplantation donation during COVID-19, the management and outcome of lung transplant recipients with COVID-19, and lung transplantation for COVID-19-related respiratory failure. (Originally recorded October 8, 2020) Moderator: Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP. Panelists: Marie M. Budev, DO, MPH, FCCP; Harpreet S. Grewal, MD; and Deborah Jo Levine, MD, MS, FCCP. For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.

Strong teamwork is important in any modern health care environment. Health care teams in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine have faced a wide variety of new challenges caring for patients with COVID-19, forcing innovative and creative solutions to support their consistently high performance. In this episode, an interprofessional panel of experienced managers discusses strategies to both maximize team performance and support individual members during the ongoing pandemic and methods to rapidly and effectively train and integrate new health care workers during times of surge. (Originally recorded September 16, 2020)

Moderator: Alexander S. Niven, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Joseph Falise, MSN, RN; Kathy L. Fedor, RRT-ACCS, RCP; Julie Jackson, RRC-ACCS, RCP; Carl Kaplan, MD, FCCP; Geneva Tatem, MD, FCCP; James Town, MD; and Joanne Wozniak, PA-C, MS, FCCP

For more tools to help you maintain peak performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit the CHEST Wellness Center at https://www.chestnet.org/Guidelines-and-Resources/Resources/Wellness-Resources.

Infection prevention is not a new concept for the cystic fibrosis (CF) community, but COVID-19 is different. This episode highlights how the CF Foundation, the Care Center Network, patients, and families partnered together in response to the challenges of life during a pandemic. (Originally recorded September 24, 2020)

Moderator: Gretchen Winter, MD

Panelists: Patrick A. Flume, MD; Albert Faro, MD; and Ginger Birnbaum

For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.

COVID-19 created unprecedented challenges, which led to innovative and expanded clinical services. This episode highlights opportunities in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine with associated coding and billing requirements in 2020 and some anticipated changes for 2021. (Originally recorded September 17, 2020)

Moderator: Kim D. French, MHSA, CAPPM, FCCP

Panelists: Scott Manaker, MD, PhD, FCCP; Michael E. Nelson, MD, FCCP; and Kathleen F. Sarmiento, MD, MPH 

For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.

As COVID-19 has spread across the world, the ability to understand the spread of the virus in our communities, as well as diagnose the patient right in front of us, has been a challenge. Molecular, antigen, and antibody tests are now widely available, and the FDA recently approved the SalivaDirect test, which offers a rapid and inexpensive option for testing. In this episode, hear from the experts about the current state and future directions for testing for COVID-19. (Originally recorded September 10, 2020)

Moderator: Holly L. Keyt, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS; Charles Dela Cruz, MD, PhD; and Anne Wyllie, PhD

For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.

In this episode, a multidisciplinary panel of speakers discusses their experience and summarize the existing consensus statements for managing patients with suspected or confirmed lung cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights of the discussion include:

• The impact of COVID-19 on standard of practice regarding timely diagnosis and staging

(Originally recorded September 3, 2020)

Moderator: Septimiu D. Murgu, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Jessica S. Donington, MD, MS; Jyoti Patel, MD; Andreas Rimner, MD; and Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS, FCCP

For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of American life, and postgraduate medical education is not an exception. In this episode, pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship directors and their fellows discuss the challenges and opportunities, setbacks, and innovations. (Originally recorded August 27, 2020) 

Moderator: David A. Schulman, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Jennifer Krall, MD; Matthew C. Miles, MD, FCCP; Garrett Rampon, MD; and Geneva B. Tatem, MD, FCCP

For more tools to help in the fight against COVID-19, visit CHEST’s COVID-19 Resource Center at chestnet.org/COVID19.