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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Medical Care
A future for the hospital-in-the-home (HITH) deteriorating patient: shifting the paradigm. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2025: January 22 Full text
Exploration of hospital room design on emotions, activity, and social connections after stroke: a qualitative study of patient experiences using virtual reality. AUS
Disability and Rehabilitation:2025: January 22 Full text
Relative efficacy of prehabilitation interventions and their components: systematic review with network and component network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.
BMJ:2025: January 22 Full text
Lived Experience Advisor Program initiative: harnessing consumer leadership for best care. AUS
Australian Health Review:2025: February 3 Full text
Cardiovascular Disease Care
Implications of a new clinical classification of acute myocardial infarction.
European Heart Journal – Acute Vascular Care:2025: January 18 Full text
Type 2 myocardial infarction: challenges in diagnosis and treatment.
European Heart Journal:2025:46(6):505-17 Full text
Emergency Care
Review article: Somatization Disorders in emergency department: A critical overview of current challenges and future directions. AUS
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2025: February 12 Full text
Evaluation of the ED MHAOD Hub at St Vincent’s hospital. STV
Australasian Psychiatry:2025: February 3 Full text
Intensive Care
The efficacy and safety of thymosin α1 for sepsis (TESTS): multicentre, double blinded, randomised, placebo controlled, phase 3 trial.
BMJ:2025:388:e082583 Full text
Palliative Care
Patient-rated acceptability of automatic palliative care referral: a prospective cohort study.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management:2025: February 4 Full text
Deep continuous sedation until death and experience of relatives and healthcare providers: a systematic review.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management:2025: February 11 Full text
Diabetes Care
Dapagliflozin plus calorie restriction for remission of type 2 diabetes: multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial.
BMJ:2025: January 22 Full text
GLP-1 and its analogs: does sex matter?
Endocrinology:2025:166(2):bqae165 Full text
Diabetic foot ulcer beyond wound closure: clinical practice guideline.
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal:2025:105(1): pzae171 Full text
Allied Health
Characteristics and outcomes of communities of practice in allied health educators: rapid review. AUS
Journal of Interprofessional Care:2025: January 29 Full text
Facilitating best clinical practice in domestic violence work with hospital social workers. SVHA
Social Work in Health Care:2025: February 5 Full text
