Updated visiting arrangements From 3rd August many patients will be allowed one nominated visitor each day for up to 1 hour. For infection control reasons some areas will not have visiting so please check before you make plans. Full details here: sheffieldhospitalscoronavirus.co.uk/visiting.html

Check out the Thematic e-poster session: novel directions in pleural disease for some interesting posters/presentations relating to pleural disease @eurorespsoc #ERSCongress

We have known for many years that neutrophils are central to the pathophysiology of bronchiectasis, and neutrophil elastase predict worse outcomes. This trial shows for the first time that directly targeting inflammation may be a beneficial approach for bronchiectasis @nejm

Tune in to the virtual ERS congress at 10.40 (CET) today to hear Nick maskell arguing the debate for why #pneumothoraces usually need draining. Will include a nice overview of recent evidence, including RAMPP and HI-Spec trials. #pneumothorax #pleura #ERSCongress

1/ Have you ever heard your friendly pulmonologist use the terms “entrapped” or “trapped” lung and were confused about the terminology? If so you are not alone and this is the tweetorial for you! #MedTwitter #tweetorial Casey Cable Lisa Brath VCU PCCM Fellowship Patrick Nana-Sinkam

It’s a good time to remind everyone that endometriosis is a treatable cause of recurrent pneumothorax in some women. If you don’t think about it, you’re unlikely to diagnose it. bbc.com/news/uk-545130…

Please only use A&E at the Northern General for genuine emergency care The NHS Walk in Centre, Emergency Eye Centre, GP, pharmacy & NHS 111 provide care for non-emergency illnesses. A&E is also not the place for COVID-19 tests Thank you for your support facebook.com/34704960537068…

NHS heroes need your support to manage COVID -19 second wave Staff at Sheffield Hospitals are asking the public for support as a second surge of COVID-19 cases in the City’s hospitals threatens to reach similar levels as before. Read the full article here: sth.nhs.uk/news/news?acti…

If you are aged 40 and over and have not yet had a #COVID19 vaccination, but would like to, there are currently appointments available at Sheffield Arena. Please visit nhs.uk/conditions/cor… or call 119 to book. Vaccination is by appointment only; it is not a walk-in service.

It’s 10 days until the Pleural Research Day! Rob Hallifax will be presenting on ‘ambulatory management of primary pneumothorax’ - book your ticket at pleura.org.uk/product/pleura…

Important study. Great data to guide the way we approach pleural procedures during pandemic #PRD2021

CALLING ALL INTERESTED APPLICANTS: we are excited to welcome applications for a fully funded ST3+ 3 year clinical research fellowship in the ARU Pleural service, with protected time to undertake a PhD in pleural disease/mesothelioma. Applications are live! jobs.nbt.nhs.uk/job/UK/Bristol…

The 2022 ERS/ESTS Taskforce Statement on adult pleural infection - indebted to our brilliant collaborators! Najib M Rahman Isabelle Opitz Nick maskell José Manuel Porcel Pérez lonny Maged Hassan Eva Polverino (and many not on twitter!) erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/…

So excited my colleague Prof Maskell is running for British Thoracic Society (BTS) Presidency. Completely support him!!! Bristol Academic Respiratory Unit North Bristol NHS Trust Go ahead and vote: brit-thoracic.org.uk/membership/bts…

Editorial: What’s new in pleural disease? thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/… Robert Rintoul Marciniak Lab British Thoracic Society (BTS)

Guideline summary: British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease British Thoracic Society (BTS) thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/… Bristol Academic Respiratory Unit Bristol Academic Respiratory Unit Kevin Blyth 💙 @matthewevison1 duneesha de fonseka Eleanor Mishra Dave Andrew Stanton

Pneumothorax management is changing with different options driven by patient choice. My pneumothorax journey is a patient information resource to support those discussions. Developed by patients with lived experience & clinicians in multiple languages. wmahsn.org/our_work/my-pn…

In July 2023, BTS published two pieces of guidance on pleural disease. BTS has commissioned a Quality Standard in this topic area for 2024 and is inviting BTS members to apply for the Quality Standard Development Group. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mrywt48y

ERJ: The TARGET trial was a multicentre randomised trial comparing PET-CT targeted pleural biopsy to standard CT-guided pleural biopsy for suspected pleural malignancy. The results do not support the practice of PET-CT to guide pleural biopsies. bit.ly/40HOY6p

UK Pleural Research Conference in Oxford on 4 & 5 July 2024. There will be a dinner at St Hilda’s College on Thursday night. Accommodation is also available to book. We’re still encouraging abstract submission. …It would be great to see as many of you as possible there. It will