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Hannah Norman-Bruce @HannahRubyNB

Paediatrician (NIMDTA) & PhD fellow WWEIM, Queen's University Belfast. Trial co-ordinator the PRECISE study: precisestudy@qub.ac.uk @PRECISEstudyNI

Joined November 2012
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Hannah Norman-Bruce@HannahRubyNB
15 Mar 2024
proud of this project and our great team. ? should we use #CRP in place of PCT for febrile infants? @fido_study The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

Diagnostic test accuracy of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for predicting invasive and...

Within a large cohort of febrile infants, a procalcitonin cutoff of 0·5 ng/mL had a superior pAUC value to a C-reactive protein cutoff of 20 mg/L for identifying invasive bacterial infections. In...

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Delighted to have be @PERUKItweep conference. Prof. Bush, what an act to follow! <5s deserve biomarker led care… @PRECISEstudyNI
PERUKI@PERUKItweep
4 Sep 2025
“We must do better for our <5s with wheeze” - Professor Bush After a lunch break discussing the shocking stats of asthma and how we can do better, the incredible Dr Norman-Bruce is here to update us on the PRECISE study. #PERUKI25
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🧬 👶 Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Research 🧪 🦠 applications OPEN: jobs.hscni.net/Job/40177/718…
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Hannah Norman-Bruce retweeted
NI PEAR@ni_pear
4 Mar 2025
✨DATE CHANGE ✨ ~ Save the new date for Leading for the Future conference on the 4th June 2025 in Belfast Castle. More information to follow!
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🔔Date change 🔔 book study leave !
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So proud of the PRECISE TEAM…
PRECISE Study@PRECISEstudyNI
17 Feb 2025
T. W. E. N. T. Y. PARTICIPANTS RECRUITED. what a great team @DrShaunKiwi @LouiseR37476265 and Bethany… @BelfastTrust
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Damian Roland@Damian_Roland
30 Jan 2025
Our latest BronchSTART publication! "Maternal views on RSV vaccination during the first season of implementation in England & Scotland" Significant difference in vaccinated & unvaccinated groups in perceptions of access to the vaccine thelancet.com/journals/lanin… HT @PERUKItweep
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prioritising paeditric research - a priority well summed up here: thelancet.com/journals/lanch…
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Do you know anyone able to contribute to CALM?
CALM-PICU Paediatric Delirium Study
@CalmPicuStudy
8 Jan 2025
Are you a healthcare professional or parent or young person (aged 13 or older) with experience of Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU)? We're looking for your input! Join our study to help develop non-drug methods to support kids at risk of experiencing delirium in PICU.
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Optimizing Management of Febrile Young Infants Without Serum Procalcitonin publications.aap.org/pediatr… building on the febrile infant journey, more data to show PCT not essential.

Optimizing Management of Febrile Young Infants Without Serum Procalcitonin

10.1542/6364240610112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0682006364240610112BACKGROUND. Febrile young infants are at risk of invasive bacterial infections (IBIs; bacteremia or bacterial meningitis). American...

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Hannah Norman-Bruce retweeted
Royal College of Emergency Medicine
@RCollEM
23 Dec 2024
New RCEM 🚨SAFETY FLASH🚨 on ⚠️Water Beads & Bowel Obstruction. Please download, share and print out in your hospitals to raise awareness. View it in full with hyperlinks: tinyurl.com/rcemSFWaterBeads See our other Safety Flashes here: tinyurl.com/SFRCEM
RCEM Safety Flash December 2024 For Safety Alerts and RCEM issued Safety Flashes see: https://rcem.ac.uk/safety-3/

ALT RCEM Safety Flash December 2024 For Safety Alerts and RCEM issued Safety Flashes see: https://rcem.ac.uk/safety-3/

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2 Paeds In A Pod@2_paeds
22 Dec 2024
Our final podcast of the year is now live as we talk all things febrile infants with @timburgD - lead author of the PERUKI sponsored @fido_study on.soundcloud.com/SfshLxnuB2…
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Glad to be hitting double digits.
PRECISE Study@PRECISEstudyNI
18 Dec 2024
10 patients recruited so far!! Thanks @BelfastTrust for support in RBHSC ED.

ALT Typography Number GIF by Kev Lavery
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RT @geshNHS: Many people are unaware of the respiratory illness #RSV but every year 20,000 babies are hospitalised because of it. Pregnant…
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So proud of the incredible @timburgD and the @fido_study team
eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science@eClinicalMed
29 Nov 2024
Performance of clinical decision aids (CDA) for the care of young febrile infants: a multicentre prospective cohort study AAP and BSAC CDAs were highly sensitive at excluding IBI, with cost saving to hospital services when compared to treat all approach thelancet.com/journals/eclin…
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Huge day for @fido_study. An incredible project…this is one of many great FIDO publications addressing the importance of safely modernising Febrile infant assessment
FIDO study@fido_study
29 Nov 2024
FIDO study is published. thelancet.com/journals/eclin… @eClinicalMed Many thanks to all the authors, collaborators, families and patients for making this study possible. One for PEM JC. Many thanks to @RCollEM for funding and support from @QUBelfast @NIHRresearch @PERUKItweep
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PRECISE Study@PRECISEstudyNI
8 Nov 2024
First patient recruited! Happy team in the sluice… thanks to our ED colleagues for joining in the fun!
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Excited to be launching on Monday at the RBHSC… @PERUKItweep @ni_pear
PRECISE Study@PRECISEstudyNI
1 Nov 2024
T-3 days !
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PRECISE Study@PRECISEstudyNI
1 Nov 2024
T-3 days !
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Thank you to #APEM @AssocPEM Lots of important topics including viralwheeze posters @fido_study and great fun! @PRECISEstudyNI @timburgD @CSloane019
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PERUKI@PERUKItweep
26 Sep 2024
Here they are! The top 10 priority questions in PEM research. #PERUKI2024
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