The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Ceased Accepting New Submissions on 8/31/25.

We suggest new submissions be sent a new journal, Observations and Insights in Pulmonary and Critical Care (OPCC, https://opcc.scholasticahq.com/), edited by Ken Knox MD (kknox@deptofmed.arizona.edu). 

Content & Announcements

Recent Content

(Last 25 manuscripts, most recent listed first. Click on title to be directed to the manuscript.)

August 2025 Medical Image of the Month: Crazy Paving in a Case of 
   Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
August 2025 Pulmonary Case of the Month: Respiratory Failure Occurring 
   in a Meat Packing Plant
July 2025 Medical Image of the Month: A Case of Severe Hiatal Hernia 
   Presenting as Atypical Chest Pain 
July 2025 Imaging Case of the Month: A Growing Lung Nodule in a Patient
   with Heart Disease
June 2025 Medical Image of the Month: Neurofibromatosis-Associated Diffuse
   Cystic Lung Disease
June 2025 Pulmonary/Critical Care Case of the Month: Hemoptysis
   from a Very Unusual Cause
May 2025 Medical Image of the Month: Aspirated Dental Screw
May 2025 Critical Care Case of the Month: Where’s the Rub?
US Attorney Demands CHEST Assurance of “Viewpoint Diversity” (Editorial)
April 2025 Medical Image of the Month: An Unfortunate Case of Mimicry
April 2025 Critical Care Case of the Month: Being Decisive During a 
   Difficult Treatment Dilemma 
March 2025 Medical Image of the Month: An Unusual Case of Pulmonary
   Infarction
March 2025 Pulmonary Case of the Month: Interstitial Lung Disease of
   Uncertain Cause
February 2025 Medical Image of the Month: Unexpected Complications of
   Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) 
February 2025 Imaging Case of the Month: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Trump Administration Assaults NIH and WHO-RFK Jr’s Nomination Hearing
   Scheduled (News)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Nominated as HHS Secretary: Choices for Senators
   and Healthcare Providers (Editorial)
January 2025 Medical Image of the Month: Psoriasis with Pulmonary
   Involvement
January 2025 Critical Care Case of the Month: A 35-Year-Old Admitted After
   a Fall
If You Want to Publish, Be Part of the Process (Editorial)
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Bootcamp Training: A Pilot Program for
   Internal Medicine Residency
December 2024 Medical Image of the Month: An Endobronchial Tumor
December 2024 Pulmonary Case of the Month: Two Birds in the Bush Is
   Better than One in the Hand
Glucagon‐like Peptide-1 Agonists and Smoking Cessation: A Brief Review

To view Most Recent Volume click here.

Announcements

SWJPCCS Closing

The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep (SWJPCCS) will no longer be accepting submissions as of 8|31|2025.  

We encourage you to submit to a newly created open access journal "Observations and Insights in Pulmonary and Critical Care" (OPCC), published by The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and hosted by Scholastica. The website is https://opcc.scholasticahq.com/.  Some components of the website are still under revision and should be accepting submissions soon. 

Ken Knox, MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix will be editor in chief for OPCC.  I will help contribute as an associate editor and advisor for OPCC.

The SWJPCCS website https://SWJPCC.com will remain online for the immediate future and content will remain available.

The editors of SWJPCCS thank the readers and contributors for their support over these past 15 years and wish the new journal and editor the best.

Richard A. Robbins MD

Editor Emeritus, Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep

kknox@deptofmed.arizona.edu