Library Services' Knowledge Update is a weekly bulletin which includes feature articles across a wide range of topics, new physical and e-books in the Library, and websites of interest.
Access to full text articles is available both on and offsite using a St Vincent's login.
OA indicates that an article is open access and can be accessed by anyone
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Identification, management and care of refugee patients at a metropolitan public health service: a healthcare worker perspective. AUS
Australian Health Review:2021: April 23 Full text
Evaluation of medical emergency team medication management practices in acute hospitals: a multicentre study. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2021: April 23 Full text
Doing time in an Australian ICU; the experience and environment from the perspective of patients and family members. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2021:34(3):254-62 Full text
The intensive care unit visiting study: A multisite survey of visitors. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2021: May 1 Full text
The frequency and effects of distractions in operating theatres.
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2021: April 29 Full text
Implementing an emergency department pharmacy service and its effect on medication safety
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice:2021: April 22 Full text
Hospital in the home‐based management of acute diverticulitis: a safe and effective alternative to inpatient care. AUS
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2021: April 27 Full text
Point-of-care lung ultrasound predicts in-hospital mortality in acute heart failure.
QJM:2021:114(2):111-16 Full text
Comparison of clinical manifestation among Australian Indigenous and non‐ Indigenous patients presenting with pleural effusion. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2021: April 5 Full text
Drug-drug interactions with direct oral anticoagulants: practical recommendations for clinicians.
American Journal of Medicine:2021: May 1 Full text
Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: individual patient data meta-analysis.
BMJ:2021:373:n808 Full text
Ascorbic acid in the acute care setting.
Journal of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition:2021: March 5 Full text
Effect of high dietary sodium intake in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology:2021:77(17):2174-84 Full text
High prevalence of perineural cysts in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Pain Medicine:2021:22(4):883-90 Full text
Real-world effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination against cervical cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute:2021: April 20 Full text
Changes in taste and smell of food during prostate cancer treatment.
Supportive Care in Cancer:2021: February 10 Full text
The effect of flat flexible versus stable supportive shoes on knee osteoarthritis symptoms: a randomized trial. AUS
Annals of Internal Medicine:2021:174(4):462-71 Full text
Selected new systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library April 2021
Psychosocial interventions for self‐harm in adults
Compression stockings for preventing deep vein thrombosis in airline passengers
Education and training for preventing sharps injuries and splash exposures in healthcare workers
Thrombolytic therapy for pulmonary embolism
Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy
We have new journals for you in 2021 form Oxford University Press.
Note that for some, archive content has not been added as yet, as they were previously published by another publisher.
The Library provides McGraw-Hill's Access Medicine, an online portal of books and a multimedia library, including procedural videos.
You can also create a personal account to save CME tests and links to favourite resources.
Some of the well known books on Access Medicine include: