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Open Update: Issue 4 February 2024

A selection of articles published open access that relevant to SVHA

Open Update

Open Update is a bulletin produced by Library Services, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.

It presents a selection of open access articles relevant to staff at St Vincent's Health Australia.

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Quality Issues and Clinical Practice 

The influence of facemasks on communication in healthcare settings: a systematic review. 
Disability and Rehabilitation:2024: February 11 Full text

Using data from mHealth apps to inform person-centred practice: A discussion paper. AUS 
Contemporary Nurse:2024: February 18 Full text

Patient journey mapping: emerging methods for understanding and improving patient experiences of health systems and services. AUS 
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing:2024: February 2 Full text

Autistic patients' experiences of the hospital setting: A scoping review. AUS 
Journal of Advanced Nursing:2024:80(3):908-23 Full text

Improving hip fracture care: a five-year review of the early contributors to the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. AUS 
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2024: January 25
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Assessing the reach and safety of an innovative urgent care service tailored to older adults. AUS 
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2024:January 24 Full text

Emergency  and Critical Care

Medical Emergency Team call within 24 h of medical admission with a focus on sepsis: a retrospective review. AUS 
Internal Medicine Journal:2024: January 30 Full text

Patient outcomes following medical emergency team review on general wards: Development of predictive models. AUS 
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2024: February 14 Full text

Real-world implementation of the National Early Warning Score-2 in an acute respiratory unit. 
BMJ Open Respiratory Research:2024: January 31 Full text

Does the level of mobility on ICU discharge impact post-ICU outcomes? A retrospective analysis. 
Disability and Rehabilitation:2024: January 31
Full text

Patient blood management guideline for adults with critical bleeding. AUS 
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: January 28
Full text

The feasibility and acceptability of a physician-led ICU follow-up service: a prospective cohort study. AUS 
Australian Critical Care:2024:37(1):3-11
Full text

Speech pathology assessment of dysphagia post endotracheal extubation: a service-model evaluation. AUS 
Australian Critical Care:2024:37(1):144-50
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Duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and outcomes for adults with in-hospital cardiac arrest: retrospective cohort study. 
BMJ:2024: February 7 Full text

Surgical Care

Coronary artery bypass grafting in octogenarians: an Australian experience. AUS 
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2024: February 15 Full text

Systematic review and meta-analysis of prehabilitation for orthopedic surgery. 
AORN Journal:2024: January 26 Full text

Prosthetic joint infection diagnosis in an age of changing clinical patterns of infection and new technologies. AUS 
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: February 13 Full text

Artificial intelligence for surgical services in Australia and New Zealand: opportunities, challenges and recommendations. AUS 
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: February 6 Full text

The frequency and reasons for missed nursing care in Australian perioperative nurses: a national survey. AUS 
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2024: February 21 Full text

Palliative and End-Of-Life Care

CarePlus: a model to address barriers to early palliative care in cancer. STV 
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management:2024: January 24
Full text

Emergency department hospice care pathway associated with decreased ED and hospital length of stay. 
American Journal of Emergency Medicine:2024:76:99-104
Full text

Mental Health Care

Workforce perspectives of sustaining the utilisation of a harm reduction instrument in a mental health residential setting. STV 
Healthcare:2024: January 22
Full text

A vicious circle of hope and despair: stigma experienced by relatives of persons with severe mental illness. 
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2024: February 16 Full text

Barriers to using physical exercise as an intervention within inpatient mental health settings: A systematic review. 
International Journal of Mental Health Nursng:2024: February 8 Full text

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