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.
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Impact of adverse events on surgeons.
British Journal of Surgery:2022:109(4):308-10 Full text
Effectiveness of bright light exposure, modafinil and armodafinil for improving alertness during working time among nurses on the night shift: a systematic review.
International Journal of Healthcare Management:2022: March 28 Full text
Allied health transdisciplinary models of care in hospital settings: A scoping review.
Journal of Interprofessional Care:2022: March 27 Full text
Effect of a ward-based program on hospital-associated complications and length of stay for older inpatients: The Cluster Randomized CHERISH Trial.
JAMA Internal Medicine:2022:182(3):274-82 Full text
Clinical benefit of combined assessment of physical and psychological frailty in patients with heart failure.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2022: March 30 Full text
Positive scores on the 4AT delirium assessment tool at hospital admission are linked to mortality, length of stay and home time: two-centre study of 82,770 emergency admissions.
Age and Ageing:2022:51(3): afac051 Full text
Emergency department utilisation by patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder: an acute response to a chronic disorder. AUS
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2022: March 30 Full text
Service integration: The perspective of Australian alcohol and other drug (AOD) nurses. AUS
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2022: March 25 Full text
Managing deteriorating patients with a physiotherapy critical care outreach service: a mixed-methods study. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2022: March 24 Full text
Provision of end-of-life care in primary care: a survey of issues and outcomes in the Australian context. AUS
BMJ Open:2022:12(1):e053535 Full text
Redesigning the perioperative huddle to improve culture.
AORN:2022: March 25 Full text
Patient monitoring, wearable devices, and the healthcare information ecosystem.
British Journal of Anaesthesia:2022: March 29 Full text
Meta-analysis of the efficacy of taurolidine in reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections for patients receiving parenteral nutrition.
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition:2022: March 1 Full text
Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
American Journal of Infection Control:2022: March 30 Full text
Short- and long-term prognosis of glycemic control in COVID-19 patients with type 2 diabetes.
QJM:2022:115(3):131-39 Full text
Postoperative outcomes in surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosed by sleep studies: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.
Anaesthesia:2022: March 24 Full text
Risk of first ischaemic stroke and use of antidopaminergic antiemetics: nationwide case-time-control study.
BMJ:2022: March 23 Full text
Extended-course antibiotic prophylaxis in lower limb amputation: randomized clinical trial.
British Journal of Surgery:2022: March 24 Full text
Effects of experimental sleep restriction on energy intake, energy expenditure, and visceral obesity.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology:2022:79(13):1254-65 Full text
The accuracy of simple, feasible alternatives to polysomnography for assessing sleep in intensive care: An observational study. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2022: March 28 Full text
The Oxford Textbook of Medicine had its latest update on 24 March 2022, featuring several new chapters (including COVID in Pregnancy) and section updates (Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, Cardiac arrest, and Osteoporosis).
The COVID-19 Disease chapter has also been updated for a second time featuring updated classification of SARS-CoV-2 variants, new information on treatments including IL-6 receptor antagonists and anti-spike protein antibodies, alongside extended discussion of use of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers.
We have access to new journal titles in 2024 via our various package collections
Cambridge University Press
64 new journal titles are included in this package. Some selected tiltes include:
Oxford University Press
Taylor and Francis Online
Wiley Online Library
