Michael Barrett
@DrMBarrett
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๐จโโ๏ธ Paediatric health | Clinician Researcher | PEM Consultant @ CHI & Professor @ UCD | ๐ #PEM #Research
Dublin
Joined April 2021
Final programme for Paediatric Emergencies 2025 https://t.co/3G5BzDeSTV This is a free livestream on YouTube starting at 08:50 UK time on 13th November 2025. Watch at https://t.co/Lx4toQGyJM (No registration required)
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โฑ๏ธFull-time: A hugely entertaining fixture this evening at Thomond Park! โจ ๐ซณ๐Try scorers in the second half were Gavin Coombes, Tony Butler and Seรกn O'Brien, with Butler converting all three. Thank you Los Pumas ๐ค #SUAF ๐ด | #MUNvARGXV
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Uncertainty is ubiquitous in the practice of medicine. A new review characterizes clinical uncertainty and shows how teachers can guide learners to recognize, manage, and communicate uncertainty in practice. Figure 1 from the review shows a conceptual model of how clinicians
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From Belgium ๐ง๐ช to the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ and now back in Melbourne ๐ฆ๐บ, Itโs been a big few weeks for The Procedures Course. Teams have come together across continents to refine life-saving skills, mastering both basic and complex resuscitative procedures. When the moment comes, be
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Abbie Larkin secures promotion โ๏ธ After letting Belgium back into the tie, Ireland produce a brilliant 2nd half performance to secure the crucial goal needed in the 90th minute ๐ Weโre back in Nations League A!!
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How common is Outdoor play responsible for ED admission? 3.5% of all ED attendance Mainly bikes, scooters and trampolines Single centre PED retrospective study https://t.co/VwPDEtNNIC
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If you live with psoriasis in Ireland, weโd love your input. Take our survey!
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Remarkable story at the Dublin Marathon where 19-year-old Ava Crean from Limerick takes the women's national title in 2:34:12, a 9-minute PB - 6th overall. Crean had never run competitively before signing up for the Manchester Marathon in April - listing her target time as 3:30.
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LARA GILLESPIE IS A WORLD CHAMPION. ๐ฅ The Wicklow rider stormed to GOLD in the elimination race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships becoming the FIRST IRISH WOMAN EVER to win a track world title. ๐ฎ๐ช A DEFINING MOMENT for Irish womenโs sport. โจ
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๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ Uncertainty is ubiquitous in medical practice yet is often viewed as a regrettable phenomenon to be tolerated or eradicated. To prepare trainees for practice, teachers need to reframe uncertainty
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MAGPIE trial - now published - underpins the new paediatric licence for Penthrox. Huge thanks to @PERUKItweep teams, MDI staff, and children & families involved. We also learned lots about how to run acute pain studies in children - more on that soon.
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Methoxyflurane, a halogenated hydrocarbon, provides conscious analgesia when inhaled at low doses [1]. Methoxyflurane is delivered via the โPenthroxยฎ inhalerโ (Medical Developments International),...
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MAGPIE ๐ฆโโฌrandomised clinical trial: methoxyflurane (Penthroxยฎ) compared to placebo for acute trauma-related ๐ฆด pain in children and adolescents https://t.co/HdRnn7BXwk
@PERUKItweep @stuarthartshorn @mdlyttle @drbenbloom & Emily Walton
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From battlefield injury to full rehabilitation, ACT 2026 brings together experts driving innovation in trauma management, reconstructive surgery, and rehabilitation. This is where disciplines connect, new partnerships form, and integrated care becomes reality.
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'Emergency General Surgery: Current Challenges and Future Directions' Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open has calls for papers in your subject area. Discover the topic collection: https://t.co/bvbAeIcRA8
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Nonoperative #appendicitis management in children is associated with significantly higher treatment failure and major complication rates within a year compared to surgery. Read the full results of this study published in JAMA Pediatrics. https://t.co/64iGQiM3Xo
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What non-pharmacological de-escalation methods are used for children and adolescents presenting to emergency departments with acute severe behavioural disturbance? Secondary analysis of multi-centre RCT ๐ฆ๐บ https://t.co/5jAxj2VHwp
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