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
St. Vincent's Hospital staff wishing to be notified when a new issue has been published can join the notification list by contacting Jeremy.Taylor@svha.org.au
Who needs, receives and misses out on palliative and end-of-life care? A population-based study to identify needs and gaps in a regional health service. AUS
Australian Health Review:2021: September 16 Full text
General anaesthesia in end-of-life care: extending the indications for anaesthesia beyond surgery.
Anaesthesia:2021:76(10):1308-15 Full text
The effect of a quality improvement intervention on sleep and delirium in critically ill patients in a Surgical ICU.
Chest:2021:160(3): 899-0908 Full text
Reduction in fear of physical activity among older persons with coronary artery disease by physical therapist–assisted exercise: a randomized trial.
Journal of the American Medical Director's Association:2021: September 4 Full text
Use of antipsychotic drugs and cholinesterase inhibitors and risk of falls and fractures: self-controlled case series.
BMJ:2021: 374:n1925 Full text
Risk of in-hospital falls among medications commonly used for insomnia in hospitalized patients.
Sleep:2021:44(9):zsab064 Full text
Medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer and cancer related pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.
BMJ:2021: 374:n1034 Full text
Effect of colchicine on myocardial injury in acute myocardial infarction.
Circulation:2021:144(11):859-69 Full text
Cancer in cystic fibrosis: a narrative review of prevalence, risk factors, screening and treatment challenges.
Chest:2021: September 15 Full text
Prevalence, management and impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 4,200,000 patients.
European Heart Journal:2021:42(35):3541-55 Full text
Penicillin Allergy Delabeling Program: an exploratory economic evaluation in the Australian context. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2021: September 15 Full text
Preliminary evidence for the impact of digital life stories about aged care residents on staff knowledge and understanding regarding those residents; A single arm trial. AUS
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2021: September 14 Full text
This biennial report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is a mix of short statistical snapshots and long-form articles exploring topical welfare issues. Australia’s welfare also serves as a ‘report card’ on the welfare of Australians by looking at how we are faring as a nation.
It provides insights into loneliness, life satisfaction, mental health, and housing, as well document spending on support payments.
It also incoudes data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of the population.
Covidence is online software specifically created for facilitating the writing of systematic reviews. St Vincent's now has an institutional licence, if you would like to gain access please contact the Library on library.svhmlibrary@svha.org.au
EndNote is bibliographic management software that allows you to store records of references, their full text PDF, organise them, and cite them in a Word document to create formatted bibliographies. Request the software for your computer while working from home by emailing library.svhmlibrary@svha.org.au. To learn more see the EndNote Library Guide.
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. Register for SVHM access here. Support is available from svhs.redcap@svha.org.au
STATA is software for data manipulation, visualization, statistics, and automated reporting. STATA 12 is available from your PC, for access while working from home request access from IT. Statalist is a popular community forum.
More resources for researchers at SVHM
Clinical Researcher resources at SVHA