Applying the CHEST Guidelines for Management of Central Airway Obstruction.

Udit Chaddha, Robert J Lentz, Peter H Lenz, Van K Holden, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Samira Shojaee

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Article in CHEST pulmonary, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Udit ChaddhaDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

Robert J LentzDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Peter H LenzDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Van K HoldenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

Ashutosh SachdevaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

Samira ShojaeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

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Abstract

Application of guidelines to the day-to-day clinical practice of clinicians is not always straightforward. Guidelines often provide a structure to the thought process demanded during clinical decision-making, which requires the application of evidence as best suited for each individual patient. These guidelines provide recommendations and suggestions, and the weight of these recommendations relies heavily on the quality of evidence and the vote of experts in the field, when evidence is lacking or insufficient. The following document elaborates on our approach to benign and malignant central airway obstruction, applying the principles of recently published central airway obstruction American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) guidelines.

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benign airway obstructioncentral airway obstructionmalignant airway obstructiontracheal obstruction

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PMID42548380

DOI10.1016/j.chpulm.2026.100251

PMCPMC13418036

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