ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY

As an official international online journal of the American Thoracic Society, the Annals of the American Thoracic Society (AnnalsATS), formerly PATS, delivers up-to-date and authoritative coverage of adult and pediatric pulmonary and respiratory sleep medicine and adult medical critical care. The scope of the journal encompasses content that is applicable to clinical practice, the formative and continuing education of clinical specialists, and the advancement of public health. The journal features methodologically rigorous Original Research articles that address questions relevant to patient care and health care delivery. Additional highlighted contents include Focused Reviews that update readers on the epidemiology, classification, and management of clinical problems, and the safe, efficacious application of procedures. Perspectives provide contemporary or historical overviews of topics relating to health care delivery, dissemination of knowledge, public health, clinical ethics, professionalism, and health care policy. Opinions and Ideas articles offer informed opinions on controversial or unsettled questions of interest to clinicians. Under the heading Case Conferences, AnnalsATS publishes clinical vignettes that illuminate knowledge of current clinical practice in a format inspired by the teaching conferences common to many academic fellowship training programs. On the Receiving End articles provide an opportunity for patients and family members to communicate observations and recommendations to clinicians based on narratives of personal experience in health care. Other sections described in the Instructions for Authors address global lung health, practice management, and medical education within the specialty scope of the journal. The editors employ a rigorous peer-review and quality control process to evaluate, select, and edit manuscripts for adherence to ATS standards of scientific inquiry and integrity. AnnalsATS conforms to ATS policies regarding the full disclosure of financial associations that might influence published content. The journal is fully indexed in Medline, PubMed and other leading journal databases.

ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY期刊中文简介

美国胸科学会年鉴(AnnalsATS)是美国胸科学会的官方国际在线期刊，前身为PATS，提供成人和儿童肺和呼吸性睡眠医学和成人重症医疗的最新权威报道。该杂志的范围包括适用于临床实践的内容，临床专家的形成和继续教育，以及促进公共卫生。该杂志以方法严谨的原创研究文章为特色，探讨与病人护理和卫生保健提供相关的问题。其他突出的内容包括重点评论，更新读者的流行病学，分类，临床问题的管理，以及安全，有效的应用程序。视角提供有关卫生保健提供、知识传播、公共卫生、临床伦理、专业精神和卫生保健政策等主题的当代或历史综述。意见和想法文章提供了对临床医生感兴趣的有争议的或未解决的问题的知情意见。在“病例会议”的标题下，AnnalsATS出版了临床小结，以许多学术奖学金培训项目中常见的教学会议为灵感，阐明了当前临床实践的知识。在接收端，文章为患者和家庭成员提供了一个机会，根据个人在卫生保健方面的经验向临床医生交流观察结果和建议。《作者指南》中描述的其他章节涉及该杂志专业范围内的全球肺健康、实践管理和医学教育。编辑采用严格的同行评审和质量控制程序来评估、选择和编辑稿件，使之符合ATS科学探究和诚信标准。AnnalsATS遵守ATS关于充分披露可能影响已发布内容的金融协会的政策。该期刊在Medline、PubMed和其他领先期刊数据库中有完整的索引。