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
Implementation and use of the Safewards model in healthcare services: A scoping review. AUS
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2024: May 5 Full text
Stigma towards a nursing specialty: A qualitative analysis of the perceptions of the addiction nursing workforce. AUS
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2024: April 25 Full text
The early HOSPITAL score to predict 30-day readmission soon after hospitalization: a prospective multicenter study.
Journal of General Internal Medicine:2024:39:756-61 Full text
Dying of heart failure: how do we improve the experience? STV
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: May 20 Full text
Introduction of enhanced weekend physiotherapy for patients with hip fracture is associated with improved early mobility outcomes. AUS
Australasian Journal of Ageing:2024: May 21 Full text
‘It helps you forget your worries’: A pilot study exploring music therapy in the acute hospital aged care setting. AUS
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2024: May 13 Full text
Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare
Exploring opportunities to reduce scope 3 emissions in renewably powered health services. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: May 13 Full text
Environmental impact of a blood test reduction intervention in adult intensive care units: A before and after quality improvement project. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2024: May 15 Full text
Emergency Department
Staff perceptions of barriers to self-harm care in the emergency department: a cross-sectional survey study. AUS
Australasian Emergency Care:2024:27(1):15-20 Full text
The impact of alcohol-related presentations to Emergency Departments on days with a public holiday or sporting event: a retrospective cohort study. AUS
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine:2024: May 2 Full text
As loud as a construction site: Noise levels in the emergency department. AUS
Australasian Emergency Care:2024:27(1):26-29 Full text
Vital signs monitoring in Australasian emergency departments: Development of a consensus statement from ACEM and CENA. AUS
Australasian Emergency Care:2024: May 20 Full text
Comparison of Glasgow Coma Scale and Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score to assess the level of consciousness in patients admitted to intensive care units and emergency departments: A quantitative systematic review.
Australian Critical Care:2024: May 22 Full text
Cardiovascular Diseases
Inorganic nitrate benefits contrast-induced nephropathy after coronary angiography for acute coronary syndromes: the NITRATE-CIN trial.
European Heart Journal:45(18):1647-58 Full text
Predictors of functional outcome after stroke: Sex differences in older individuals.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2024:May 13 Full text
The impact of incident stroke on cognitive trajectories in later life. STV
Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy:2024: May 1 Full text
Regular use of fish oil supplements and course of cardiovascular diseases: prospective cohort study.
BMJ Medicine:2024: May 21 Full text
Long-term outcomes after hospitalization for atrial fibrillation or flutter. AUS
European Heart Journal:2024: April 28 Full text
Effect of combination treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors on incidence of cardiovascular and serious renal events: population based cohort study.
BMJ:2024: 385:e078242 Full text
Surgery
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of clinical pharmacology and implications for peri-operative practice. AUS
Anaesthesia:2024: May 13 Full text
Long-term cognitive outcome after elective hip or knee total joint arthroplasty: A population-based observational study.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2024:72(5):1338-47 Full text
Machine Learning and AI
Artificial intelligence in medicine and nephrology: hope, hype, and reality.
Clinical Kidney Journal:2024:17(4):sfae074 Full text
The new paradigm in machine learning – foundation models, large language models and beyond: a primer for physicians. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: May 7 Full text
