Great work from Sheffield colleagues.

Despite the widespread use of BNP and NT-proBNP in pulmonary arterial hypertension there are limited data on the standardisation of sampling and no data on the use of point-of-care testing and its potential value in clinical management bit.ly/2Xxm9uV

Swift et al. discuss the advantages and shortcomings of VQ scan versus pulmonary CTA for CTEPH evaluation. bit.ly/2WREYbJ @AndyJSwift @ShefUni_IICD

A claim that a 2019 blogpost by Dominic Cummings was edited in 2020 to include a warning about coronaviruses is correct. The change appears to have been made in April. He claimed Monday that he’d warned about the virus last year. fullfact.org/health/cumming…

A day of good news. Very excited to see work from my PhD accepted in ERS publications detailing the clinical utility of ventilation MRI in CF. Thanks to all involved @ShefUni_IICD Sheffield Children's ManchesterCFResearch erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/…

World beating.

Cardiac MRI predicts clinical worsening in pulmonary arterial hypertension. A strong rationale to use #cardiacMRI as an endpoint in clinical trials. Now on #JACCIMG! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #cvPAH #CMR #cvImaging @AndyJSwift Yousef Shahin MD @JuniorDocRob Pankaj Garg

Incredible. Simply incredible.

Some light reading from WHO for the next few weeks. “How to respond to vocal vaccine deniers in public” euro.who.int/__data/assets/…

Pfizer vaccine: effective, protective and safe Modena vaccine: effective, protective and safe Oxford vaccine: effective, protective, and safe

Please don’t clap us. Just wear a mask, wash your hands and respect lockdown 🙏

Worth watching this again after the events today. Stewart is an immensely impressive politician. The fact he's in the Tory wilderness speaks volumes.

This was Matt Hancock last year talking to Kay Burley about Prof Neil Ferguson’s rule breach. To keep him would be “just not possible”

Word of the day is ‘malversation’ (16th century): the corrupt administration of power.

I'm a Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine. I'm vaccinated, so are my family & friends. It's is the single most important thing we can do to avoid being admitted to ICU or dying from COVID. It will protect others & enable work outwith COVID areas 💙

I am an Intensive Care Consultant and Clinical Director of one of the largest Critical Care Directorates in the UK I, my family, and almost every consultant in my Trust are all fully vaccinated and if eligible, boosted… #GetVaccinated #GetBoosted #MandateVaccines 👍🏻

Type I Zoom error: you think people can hear you, but you’re actually on mute. Type II Zoom error: you think your muted, but actually people can hear you.

CCTing today. It’s been a journey. Onto new adventures for now. Very grateful to everyone who has helped and supported along the way. To name a few Sally Ed Harris Charlie Roger Thompson Richard Genever Sheffield PVDU @lgblewis Abdul Hameed Andy J Swift

A fitting way to end my final medical SpR on call shift - asked to relocate a spider.

It’s an honour for me to give a presentation ISPD 2026 Cape Town Congress in honour of Karl Nolph - a founding leader of peritoneal dialysis