What are your top takeaways from CHEST 2022?

Presentations:

• Pulmonary literature update
• Asthma and OSA
• Inhaled antibiotics in non-CF bronchiectasis
• Use of LAMA in Asthma

Key takeaways:

• Inhaled steroids predispose people to NTM
• Inhaled steroids can worsen OSA
• Inhaled antibiotics can be used for VAP
• Inhaled aztreonam is not recommended for ...

I really enjoyed a session that was done entitled Obesity Hypoventilation – What to do when CPAP doesn’t work. The speakers reviewed the available literature and made some recommendations on managing and titrating advanced PAP modes. Quite excellent!

• Key takeaways: In most cases, using oxygen is n...