John Fleetham is joined by Chris Turnbull, lead author of the paper “Effect of Supplemental Oxygen on Blood Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (SOX): A Randomised, CPAP Withdrawal Trial”.

Drs. Lorenzo Berra and Mark Gladwin join Nitin Seam to discuss an interesting trial looking at the effect of inhaled nitric oxide on hemolysis and renal failure post cardiac surgery

Dr. Trish Kritek is joined by Drs. Luciano Gattinoni and Taylor Thompson to discuss Gattinoni’s article on the topic.

Drs. Gerard Criner and Gaetan Deslee join Nitin Seam to discuss the results of the multi-center LIBERATE trial, the first endobronchial valve study to follow patients for 12 months.

Dr. Fleetham discusses phenotyping using polysomnography in patients with COPD with Drs. Scott Sands and David Rappoport

Dr. Wedzicha joins Nitin Seam to give her perspective on 3 important papers from the conference issue of the blue journal and to discuss some current and future articles of interest.

Drs. Atul Malhotra and Safwan Badr join Dr. Fleetham to discuss the article “Research priorities in pathophysiology for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)”

Nitin Seam discusses this phase II trial published in the Blue Journal with lead study author Dr. Yohanna Skorbik and Dr. Tim Girard

Dr. Trish Kritek is joined by Dr. Marc Moss to discuss the findings and implications of the article “An Observational Study of the Efficacy of Cisatracurium Compared to Vecuronium in Patients with or at Risk for ARDS”.

Drs. Gabor Kovacs and Brad Maron join Nitin Seam to discuss “Mild Elevation of Pulmonary Arterial Pressure as a Predictor of Mortality”, a paper Dr. Kovacs' group published in the February 2018 issue of the AJRCCM.