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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Emergency Care
The provision of emergency healthcare to patients experiencing intimate partner violence: A scoping review. AUS OA
Australasian Emergency Care:2025: October 29 Full text
The complexity of the emergency department as seen by people with psychosocial disability and an NDIS plan and the clinicians caring for them. AUS OA
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2025: August 31 Full text
Monoclonal antibody therapies in Alzheimer's Disease: a guide for emergency physicians. AUS OA
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2025: November 10 Full text
The lived experience of dual-qualified emergency nurse-paramedics working for Australian jurisdictional ambulance services: A phenomenological study. AUS OA
Australasian Emergency Care:2025: November 17 Full text
Aged Care
“A cup of tea and a chat”: A qualitative study on the mental healthcare preferences of Australian in-home aged care recipients and their experiences of accessing mental health services. STV OA
Health and Social Care in the Community:2025: October 8 Full text
Telehealth counselling in residential aged care to reduce depression, anxiety, and loneliness: a feasibility and acceptability study. AUS OA
Australian Psychology:2025: November 2 Full text
Surgical Care
Postoperative sore throat: a systematic review. OA
Anaesthesia:2025: October 28 Full text
Effects of perioperative benzodiazepine administration on postoperative patient-reported outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. OA
British Journal of Anaesthesia:2025: October 27 Full text
Intensive Care
Accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring in critically ill patients. STV OA
Critical Care and Resuscitation:2025: October 17 Full text
Implementation of reusable linen in the intensive care unit: Impact on pressure injury, staff satisfaction, and environmental sustainability. AUS OA
Australian Critical Care:2025:38(6):101311 Full text
COVID-19
Severe COVID-19 induces prolonged elevation of the acute-phase protein pentraxin 3. OA
Frontiers in Immunology:2025: October 1 Full text
Evaluation of interventions for cognitive symptoms in long COVID: a randomized clinical trial. OA
JAMA Neurology:2025: November 10 Full text
P selectin promotes SARS-CoV-2 interactions with platelets and the endothelium. AUS OA
Journal of Clinical Investigation:2025: November 17 Full text
Research Issues
Pilot testing of the Research Impact Assessment Framework. AUS OA
Australian Health Review:2025:October 14 Full text
Clinical Education
Academic coaching to promote self-directed learning in graduate medical education. OA
Journal of General Internal Medicine:2025:40:3311-19 Full text
Homelessness
Dousing the burning inequity of global warming for people experiencing homelessness. SVHA OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2025: October 23 Full text
Drug Therapy
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases: population based cohort study. OA
BMJ:2025: October 15 Full text
Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes by baseline and changes in adiposity measurements: a prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial. OA
Lancet:2025: October 22 Full text
The effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. OA
Lancet:2025: October 21 Full text
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in inflammatory bowel disease: mechanisms, clinical implications, and therapeutic potential. OA
Journal of Crohn's and Colitis:2025: September 16 Full text
Miscellaneous
Physical activity as a modifiable risk factor in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. OA
Nature Medicine:2025: November 3 Full text
Comparative efficacy and safety of exercise modalities in knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and network meta-analysis. OA
BMJ:2025: October 15 Full text
Impact of remote biometric sensing on readmission risk and mortality after hospital discharge: Insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis. OA
Journal of Hospital Medicine:2025: November 4 Full text
Toward a comprehensive research agenda: exploring the health economics of palliative care in Australia. STV OA
BMC Palliative Care:2025: October 30 Full text
Obstructive sleep apnea and cerebral microbleeds in middle-aged and older adults. OA
JAMA Network Open:2025: October 28 Full text
Management of osteoporosis in chronic kidney disease. OA
Clinical Kidney Disease:2025:18(10):sfaf228 Full text
The first Australian evidence-based guidelines on male infertility. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2025: November 17 Full text
