The Birmingham Mandible and Mid-face (BruMM) rules: interim data analysis.

Introduction: Clinical predictor rules are useful heuristics that can inspire confidence in clinicians on the front line to make decisions that are safe and reproducible. Rules such as the Ottawa Ankle Rules can also reduce the number of unnecessary radiographs taken, reducing radiation exposure and cost, as well as improving quality of care.

Methods: A previous Delphi study delineated 11 variables associated with an increased likelihood of finding a mandibular fracture and 14 variables associated with an increased likelihood of finding a zygomatic fracture on plain film radiographs.

Rolls-Royce engineers and deindustrialization in Scotland from the 1950s to the 2020s.

Research involving Rolls-Royce engineers made redundant in 2020, when the firm ended its Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul operation at Inchinnan in Renfrewshire, Scotland, provides recent-world perspective on the history of deindustrialization in the UK. Specifically, it qualifies the half-life metaphor, which has been advanced in social sciences and humanities literature to explain the prolonged chronological impact of job losses and workplace closures. The metaphor imprecisely presents deindustrialization as a moment of rupture followed by a predictable contraction and downplays the continued importance of industrial work after the 1980s.

Novel biological risk factors for 7-day postoperative kidney injury in elective major non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study.

Introduction: Few UK studies have explored the epidemiology of postoperative acute kidney injury after diverse types of elective major non-cardiac surgery. Fewer still have compared postoperative acute kidney injury risk factors with conditions such as peri-operative myocardial injury that might have similar pathophysiology. This study aimed to characterise postoperative acute kidney injury and its clinical consequences in elective major non-cardiac surgery, and to assess risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury including those related to peri-operative myocardial injury.

The Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Background: Recent studies of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) demonstrate an increased venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk. However, estimates of risk are variable and case numbers are limited. The aim of this study was to provide national estimates of the risk of VTE in children with IBD.