Hayley Gershengorn
hbgmd.bsky.social
Hayley Gershengorn
@hbgmd.bsky.social
ICU doctor & health services researcher living in Miami, FL. Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of CHEST Critical Care. All views my own.
🏁 A new milestone for #journal_CHESTCritCare! 5️⃣ pieces in 1 day!

Do you care about:
🫁 resp muscles,
- motor control
- airway occl techniques
🫀 heart dysfunc in sepsis,
🫣 omission bias,
💪 longer term ECMO outcomes?

Yes? Read at:
www.chestcc.org/inpress

@accpchest.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🥼 We often ask what clinicians think about ICU guidelines…

…but do we ask what patients & families think? 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

Just out on #journal_CHESTCritCare, Bulova et al query Black surrogates re: shared decision making guidance:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

@accpchest.bsky.social
Black Surrogate Decision Makers’ Perspectives on the ATS-SCCM Statement on Shared Decision Making in ICUs
Participants endorsed the main recommendations in the ATS/SCCM policy statement on shared decision making in ICUs and highlighted numerous areas for refinement. Participants’ perspectives should infor...
www.chestcc.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 PM
#journal_CHESTCritCare is getting an impact factor!!! 🎉🥳

📖 Read all about our indexation in the Web of Science Core Collection!

www.chestnet.org/newsroom/pre...

Thanks to our amazing authors ✍️, readers 👀, editors ✂️, and staff 👫!
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February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Amazing things happen when 3️⃣2️⃣ ICU frailty experts get together!

✔️ out the new ✳️Special Feature✳️ in #journal_CHESTCritCare outlining their consensus on research priorities for the field:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#OpenAccess

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
🎯 The precise relationship between ARF, delirium, & long term morbidity has been confusing… 😵‍💫

Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, H Ferguson, A Sanjuan, et al help us better understand it 👍:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#OpenAccess as always.

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
ICU culture varies across units… & uptake of EBM varies… but are they related? 🤔

Out today in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @chadhoc.bsky.social & colleagues show us they may be… at least for lung protective vent:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

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@iwashyna.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
☹️ ICU clinicians are 👎 at predicting acute resp failure trajectories… 🫁

…but, as B Temte at el show us, ML can help identify 🔎 impending BPAP failure:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM
😫 Working in ICUs can be hard…

#journal_CHESTCritCare ⭐️HIDI⭐️ series to the rescue! 🛟

Out today, 2 new HIDIs:

1. How to discuss harm

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

2. How to avoid omission bias

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

Thx, Molly Hayes, for editing this section!
@accpchest.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 1:13 PM
👍 QI research is best when it identifies an issue, designs a solution, & evals its implementation…

Lee, Mangaoang, Duby, et al show us how it’s done in their study of the ⭐️sedation gap⭐️:

🌉: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

🧠: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#journal_CHESTCritCare
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
As intensivists rely more & more on advanced echo 🫀, we must ❓ how our interventions affect TTE metrics 📏…

Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, M Lanspa et al eval how volume resus is associated w LV GLS & RVFWS:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#OpenAccess

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Treatment associations of liberal vs. conservative fluid therapy on ventricular systolic function in septic patients.
LV GLS and RVFWS are unaffected by treatment with liberal fluids in septic patients, but mechanical ventilation was associated with worse function as measured by LV GLS.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I ♥️ a good editorial, don’t you?

Out today, HyunBin You & Ji Won Shin give great insights on Amanda Moale’s study of communication w ICU surrogates:

Ed: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

Art: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

✔️ in them out in #journal_CHESTCritCare.

@accpchest.bsky.social
☔️ It’s raining #journal_CHESTCritCare research!

Out today, 🥉 studies to:

*️⃣ eval processes to support surrogate decision makers

*️⃣ assess use of lactate clearance in post-op ♥️ surgery

*️⃣ compare exposure & outcomes across opioid drugs in ARF

All at:
chestcc.org

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM
⏳ Ever wonder if the 2023 change to CAS for lung transplantation affected ICU patients❓

R Asija, S Halpern, & colleagues evaluate:
- transplant rate 🫁
- waitlist time ⏱️
- mortality 🪦
just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
👀 Looking for new ways to better prognosticate in ARF? 🫁

Ever heard of CT findings:
*️⃣ superimposed pressure,
*️⃣ gas-to-tissue ratio?

Rezoagli et al show us they can be helpful for spontaneously breathing patients, in #journal_CHESTCritCare:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🤔 Ever wonder how intensivists prognosticate re: persistent critical illness?

K Byrd & colleagues found 3️⃣ key themes…

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

Welcome to 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ with #journal_CHESTCritCare!

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
🥂HAPPY NEW YEAR, from all of us at #journal_CHESTCritCare! 🎉🥳

And what better way to kick off 2026 than w an intriguing US case of ⭐️atrial septal aneurysm⭐️ by H Andrade et al?

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

😳 bonus: training to do a bubble study included!

#OpenAccess

@accpchest.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
☃️ Enjoy your end-of-year holidays with a gift 🎁 from #journal_CHESTCritCare… our December issue!

www.chestcc.org/current

⭐️ 24 research papers
⭐️ 4 editorials
⭐️ 2 correspondence letters

Thanks to our readers, authors, editorial team, & staff, for a great 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣!

@accpchest.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you’re an ATS member, vote 🗳️ now for your next set of assembly leaders!!

site.thoracic.org/membership/a...

🏁 deadline- Jan 30, 2026

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American Thoracic Society | Assembly Leadership Voting
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🤓 This editorial just out by R Hadler & R Aslakson makes the importance of Fehnel et al’s study clear:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#journal_CHESTCritCare
#OpenAccess

@accpchest.bsky.social
It’s a real gift 🎁, to be able to give a dying person a comfortable death…

…but: What if we fail? What if they’re in pain/distress? 😩🫨

Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Fehnel et al look at how often this happens:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

👀, it’s #OpenAccess!

@accpchest.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
👏 It’s here! Our 3rd #journal_CHESTCritCare ATLAS 🌎🌍

🤔 What is ATLAS, you ask? Learn at:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

🎬 Ready to read this one, led by Whitney Kiker on ⭐️time-limited trials⭐️? ✔️ it out:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

@accpchest.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
👀 Looking for something to read between dinner & dessert? 🍗🥮🍁

✔️ out 3 new pieces in #journal_CHESTCritCare

1️⃣ Ed: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

2️⃣ RL: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

3️⃣ ATLAS: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

I’m thankful for our readers, authors, editors, & CHEST staff.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
😵‍💫 Heterogeneity of treatment effect is sometimes unexpected…

✅ out A Khan et al’s work looking at how the following interact for sepsis patients:
✴️ balanced IVFs vs 0.9% saline &
✴️ liberal vs restrictive fluid rx

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#journal_CHESTCritCare

@accpchest.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🤷‍♀️ how can we study something we can’t even define⁉️

In #journal_CHESTCritCare, Jolink et al describe the many names we have for prolonged ARDS…

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

…prolonged…
…non-resolving…
…late…



@accpchest.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🙄 Do intensivists ever agree on anything?

Peter Nauka & colleagues 👀 at variability in how we approach respiratory support for ICU patients:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

🫣 SPOILER ALERT: nope, we don’t agree

Happy 👻🎃 from #journal_CHESTCritCare!

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@accpchest.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🤞 Ever wish we had a tool to accurately predict HFNC failure? 🛠️

J Taylor & colleagues look at ROX…

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

✳️ SPOILER ALERT ✳️
… it seems to “work” 😊

#journal_CHESTCritCare
#OpenAccess

@accpchest.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
☔️ It’s raining #journal_CHESTCritCare research!

Out today, 🥉 studies to:

*️⃣ eval processes to support surrogate decision makers

*️⃣ assess use of lactate clearance in post-op ♥️ surgery

*️⃣ compare exposure & outcomes across opioid drugs in ARF

All at:
chestcc.org

@accpchest.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM