Sex-disaggregated analysis of the injury patterns, outcome data and trapped status of major trauma patients injured in motor vehicle collisions: a prespecified analysis of the UK t... by Jason Smith, Tim Nutbeam, Omar Bouamra, Shirin Heidari, Rob Fenwick, Willem Stassen, Lauren Weekes

“…We explored the relationship between age, sex and trapped status using multivariate logistical regression.Setting TARN is a UK-based trauma registry covering England and Wales.Participants We examined data for 450 357 patients submitted to TARN during the study period (2012–2019), of which 70 027 met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Risk Factors Associated With Primary Care–Reported Domestic Violence for Women Involved in Family Law Care Proceedings: Data Linkage Observational Study by Rhodri D Johnson, Lucy J Griffiths, Laura E Cowley, Karen Broadhurst, Rowena Bailey

“… BackgroundDomestic violence and abuse (DVA) has a detrimental impact on the health and well-being of children and families but is commonly underreported, with an estimated prevalence of 5.5% in England and Wales in 2020. DVA is more common in groups considered vulnerable, including those involved in public law family court proceedings; however, there is a lack of evidence regarding risk factors for DVA among those involved in the family justice system. …”
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An exploration of the experiences and self-generated strategies used when navigating everyday life with Long Covid by Fiona J. Leggat, Celayne Heaton-Shrestha, Jessica Fish, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Anne Domeney, Carol Rowe, Ian Patel, Judith Parsons, John Blair, Fiona Jones

“…Participants aged over 18 years, who self-identified with Long Covid, were recruited from England and Wales. Data were analysed with patient contributors using a reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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The association of bearing surface materials with the risk of revision following primary total hip replacement: A cohort analysis of 1,026,481 hip replacements from the National Jo... by Michael R Whitehouse, Rita Patel, Jonathan M R French, Andrew D Beswick, Patricia Navvuga, Elsa M R Marques, Ashley W Blom, Erik Lenguerrand

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We analysed THR procedures across all orthopaedic units in England and Wales. All patients who received a primary THR between 2003 and 2019 in the public and private sectors were included. …”
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Differential development of antibiotic resistance and virulence between Acinetobacter species by Elizabeth M. Darby, Robert A. Moran, Emma Holden, Theresa Morris, Freya Harrison, Barbara Clough, Ross S. McInnes, Ludwig Schneider, Eva M. Frickel, Mark A. Webber, Jessica M. A. Blair

“…This provides valuable insights into how development of resistance can be constrained in Gram-negative bacteria.IMPORTANCEAcinetobacter lwoffii is often a harmless commensal but is also an emerging pathogen and is the most common cause of Acinetobacter-derived bloodstream infections in England and Wales. In contrast to the well-studied and often highly drug-resistant A. baumannii, A. lwoffii has remained susceptible to antibiotics. …”
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Datasets of Great Britain primary substations integrated with household heating information by Yihong Zhou, Chaimaa Essayeh, Thomas Morstyn

“…The second dataset extends the main network dataset, linking each PS to the number of households that use different types of central heating recorded in census data (Census in year 2021 for England and Wales, and Census 2011 for Scotland as the up-to-date Census 2022 data is not fully released). …”
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Experiences and Views of Older Adults of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean Backgrounds About the Digitalization of Primary Care Services Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualit... by Nisar Ahmed, Alex Hall, Brenda Poku, Jane McDermott, Jayne Astbury, Chris Todd

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the experiences of older adults from the 3 largest minoritized ethnic groups in England and Wales—people of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean backgrounds—in the use of digitalized primary care services since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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BabyBreathe trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to prevent postpartum return to smoking by Felix Naughton, Caitlin Notley, Linda Bauld, Allan B Clark, David Turner, Tracey J Brown, Mei-See Man, Michael Ussher, Tess Harris, Wendy Hardeman, Richard Holland, Vicky Gilroy, Dan Smith, Sharon Duneclift, Gregory Howard

“…Target sample size is 880, recruiting across midwifery services at four hubs in England and Scotland and through remote advertising in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Outcomes are collected at 6 and 12 months. …”
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General practice wide adaptations to support patients affected by DVA during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid qualitative study by Sharon Dixon, Anna De Simoni, Eszter Szilassy, Elizabeth Emsley, Vari Wileman, Gene Feder, Lucy Downes, Estela Capelas Barbosa, Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Chris Griffiths, Anna Dowrick

“…Methods Remote semi-structured interviews were conducted by telephone with staff from six localities in England and Wales where the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) primary care DVA programme is commissioned.  …”
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Long COVID and Health Inequalities: What's Next for Research and Policy Advocacy? by Sarah Akhtar Baz, Mirembe Woodrow, Donna Clutterbuck, Chao Fang, Jordan Mullard, Amitava Banerjee, Sarah Barley‐McMullen, Jd Carpentieri, Anne‐Laure Donskoy, Alice Faux‐Nightingale, Sasha Lewis‐Jackson, Margaret E. O'Hara, Tanvi Rai, Ondine Sherwood, Nina Smyth, Kirsty Stanley, Victoria Welsh, Ghazala Mir, Nisreen A. Alwan

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8-year survivorship of a 4th Generation Fixed Bearing Total Ankle Replacements by Milo Kostusiak MBBS, Mark Dahill MB BS FRCS (Tr & Orth), Michael Dean MB BS FRCS (Tr & Orth), Adrian Hughes FRCS(T & O), Anji Kingman, Rajesh Kakwani MS Orth, MCh Orth, FRCS Tr & Orth, Arudhyula Murty MB BS FRCS (Tr & Orth), David Townshend FRCS Tr & Orth, Ian Sharpe BSc (Hons) FRCS (Tr Orth)

“…Category: Ankle Arthritis; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: The Infinity (Wright Medical Group) Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) has been implanted in patients since 2014 and is now the most common primary ankle used in the National Joint Registry of England and Wales. We report a prospective series of 106 Infinity TARs, with 8-year survivorship data from two, non-designer centres in the UK. …”
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Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: a prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study by Butler, C, Francis, N, Thomas-Jones, E, Llor, C, Bongard, E, Moore, M, Little, P, Bates, J, Lau, M, Pickles, T, Gal, M, Wootton, M, Kirby, N, Gillespie, D, Rumbsy, K, Brugman, C, Hood, K, Verheij, T

“…Participants were slightly younger in Wales, had less severe symptoms in Spain, and had waited longer before consulting in the Netherlands. 259 (35·7%, 95% CI 32·3 to 39·2) were urine culture positive for UTI, with similar proportions in England and Wales but much higher in Spain and the Netherlands. …”

C-reactive protein testing to guide antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations by Butler, C, Gillespie, D, White, P, Bates, J, Lowe, R, Thomas-Jones, E, Wootton, M, Hood, K, Phillips, R, Melbye, H, Llor, C, Cals, J, Naik, G, Kirby, N, Gal, M, Riga, E, Francis, N

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> We performed a multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled trial involving patients with a diagnosis of COPD in their primary care clinical record who consulted a clinician at 1 of 86 general medical practices in England and Wales for an acute exacerbation of COPD. The patients were assigned to receive usual care guided by CRP point-of-care testing (CRP-guided group) or usual care alone (usual-care group). …”

Childhood encephalitis in the United Kingdom - epidemiology, trends in hospital admissions and the role of intravenous immunoglobulin by Iro, M

“…</p> <p>To contribute to ongoing work currently addressing these issues globally, I conducted a 30-year review of childhood encephalitis hospital admissions in England, and also a 10- year review of paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions in England and Wales (E&amp;W;). Through these projects, I defined the incidence of all-cause childhood encephalitis in England, and severe encephalitis in E&amp;W.; I described hospital admission trends for childhood encephalitis in England, and evaluated how these had varied with introduction of the combined measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. …”

Timely Digital Patient-Clinician Communication in Specialist Clinical Services for Young People:A Mixed-Methods Study (The LYNC Study) by Griffiths, F, Bryce, C, Cave, J, Dritsaki, M, Fraser, J, Hamilton, K, Huxley, C, Ignatowicz, A, Kim, S, Kimani, P, Madan, J, Slowther, A, Sujan, M, Sturt, J, LYNC Study Group

“…<br/><br/> Methods<br/> Mixed method case studies of 20 NHS specialist clinical teams from across England and Wales and their current practice providing care for 13 different long-term physical or mental health conditions. …”

Refusal and resistance to care by people living with dementia being cared for within acute hospital wards: an ethnographic study by Katie Featherstone, Andy Northcott, Jane Harden, Karen Harrison Denning, Rosie Tope, Sue Bale, Jackie Bridges

“…Setting: This ethnography was carried out on 155 days (over 18 months) in 10 wards within five hospitals across England and Wales, which were purposefully selected to represent a range of hospital types, geographies and socioeconomic catchments. …”
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The feasibility of team care for women seeking to plan a vaginal breech birth (OptiBreech 1): an observational implementation feasibility study in preparation for a pilot trial by Shawn Walker, Emma Spillane, Kate Stringer, Amy Meadowcroft, Tisha Dasgupta, Siân M. Davies, Jane Sandall, Andrew Shennan, the OptiBreech Collaborative

“…Methods Our design was an observational implementation feasibility assessment across England and Wales, January 2021–June 2022. Our objectives were to determine whether Trusts could provide attendants with advanced training (implementation feasibility), who deliver protocol-consistent care (fidelity), within existing resources (costs), while maintaining low neonatal admission rates (safety) and adequate recruitment rates (trial feasibility). …”
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Occupational differences in COVID-19 incidence, severity, and mortality in the United Kingdom: Available data and framework for analyses [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 appr... by Neil Pearce, Sarah Rhodes, Karin van Veldhoven, Katie Stocking, Steve Robertson, Lucy Pembrey, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Vahe Nafilyan, Donna Davoren, Tony Fletcher, Ben Windsor-Shellard, Martie van Tongeren

“…For example, mortality data suffer from problems of coding of COVID-19 deaths, and the deaths (in England and Wales) that have been referred to the coroner are unavailable. …”
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Determining the Prevalence and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Prisons in England: Protocol for a Repeated Panel Survey and Enhanced Outbreak Study by Emma Plugge, Danielle Burke, Maciej Czachorowski, Kerry Gutridge, Fiona Maxwell, Nuala McGrath, Oscar O'Mara, Eamonn O'Moore, Julie Parkes

“… BackgroundThere are over 80,000 people imprisoned in England and Wales in 117 prisons. The management of the COVID-19 pandemic presents particular challenges in this setting where confined, crowded, and poorly ventilated conditions facilitate the rapid spread of infectious diseases. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedic administered fascia iliaca compartment block for emergency hip fracture (RAPID 2)—protocol for an individually randomised parallel-grou... by Mark Kingston, Jenna Jones, Sarah Black, Bridie Evans, Simon Ford, Theresa Foster, Steve Goodacre, Marie-Louise Jones, Sian Jones, Leigh Keen, Mirella Longo, Ronan A. Lyons, Ian Pallister, Nigel Rees, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Alan Watkins, Julia Williams, Helen Wilson, Helen Snooks

“…Hospital clinicians in five sites (paired ambulance services and receiving hospitals) in England and Wales will train 220 paramedics to administer FICB. …”
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