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.

The pace of COVID-19 research continues to move at an unprecedented speed. In this episode, expert panelists present the current state of high-quality data for the practicing clinician. (Originally recorded August 20, 2020)

Moderator: Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP

Panelists: LTC(P) Julie Ake, MD, MSc; Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, MD; and Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD

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

This episode outlines the challenges of providing critical care to rural/resource-constrained America and additional issues faced due to COVID-19 as experienced in rural New England and Texas. Experts provide support solutions for patients and providers, including the use of tele-ICU in these settings. (Originally recorded August 13, 2020)

Moderator: James A. Geiling, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Renzo Brown, MD; Vinca W. Chow, MD; Sinan S. Sayood, MD; and Stephen D. Surgenor, MD

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

Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure is the calling card of COVID-19, but there are detrimental effects on the central nervous system, including numerous organs. In this episode, experts in ICU sedation, neurointensive care, and postcritical care outcomes discuss issues related to the sedation of ventilated COVID-19 patients, acute direct and indirect neurological effects, chronic neurological recovery, and the interplay of all three. (Originally recorded August 6, 2020)

Moderators: Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP, and Deepa Gotur, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Neha S. Dangayach, MD; Ashish K. Khanna MD, FCCP; and Carla M. Sevin, MD 

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

COVID-19 surges put many health-care systems under significant strain. The experience in New York City taught us that existing guidelines regarding crisis standards of care (CSC) are difficult to operationalize and might not be nimble enough, and many frontline decisions regarding resource allocation are made subjectively. This episode describes crisis CSC, identifies current vulnerabilities, and provides ideas on how to approach CSC in the setting of an ongoing pandemic. (Originally recorded July 23, 2020)

Moderator: Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD, MBBS

Panelists: Asha Devereaux, MD, MPH, FCCP; Jeffrey Dichter, MD, FCCP; Laura Evans, MD; Ryan Maves, MD, FCCP; and Amit Uppal, MD

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

Experts discuss updates in the management of hypoxia in patients with COVID-19 based on emerging evidence and experience gained during the pandemic. The panel covers assessment and the role of various invasive and noninvasive interventions when managing critically ill patients with COVID-19. (Originally recorded July 9, 2020)

Moderator: Viren Kaul, MD

Panelists: Alice Gallo De Moraes, MD; Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD, MBBS; and Nida Qadir, MD

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

In May 2020, the CDC issued a national health advisory on a newly reported multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. This syndrome presented with fever, shock, and signs of hyperinflammation, and temporally occurred 2-4 weeks following COVID-19 exposure. Panelists discuss this newly identified syndrome, its presentation, clinical course, potential pathophysiology, and potential treatment options. (Originally recorded July 2, 2020)

Moderators: Christopher Carroll, MD, FCCP, and Nancy Stewart, DO

Panelists: Adrienne Randolph, MD, MSc, and Manish Patel, MD

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

This episode examines why COVID-19 has impacted the African-American community and other communities of color so intensely. Panelists discuss the history of racism in medicine, with particular attention to racism within chest medicine, and how that history established the reality seen today with the pandemic. They also talk about whiteness and the continued support of systemic racism within medicine and how to move forward with systemic change. (Originally recorded June 25, 2020)

Moderators: Demondes Haynes, MD, FCCP, and Nneka O. Sederstrom, PhD, MA, FCCP

Panelists: James Williams, MD; Eduardo Medina, MD, MPH; and John Biewen

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

In conjunction with interventional pulmonology societies, CHEST has developed and published two expert panel reports outlining strategies for performing bronchoscopy and tracheostomy during COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, experts address questions regarding indications, the role of preprocedure testing, optimal timing, location and techniques for minimizing the risk of infection to health care workers. (Originally recorded June 18, 2020)

Moderator: Septimiu D. Murgu, MD, FCCP

Panelists: Raed H. Alalawi, MD, FCCP; Luis F. Angel, MD, FCCP; A. Christine Argento, MD, FCCP; and Carla R. Lamb, MD, FCCP

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