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Library Knowledge Update: Knowledge Update January 10 2022

Knowledge Update is a weekly bulletin including feature articles across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical topics

Knowledge Update

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 

Feature Articles

Innovation amid pandemic: construction of a COVID-19 intensive care unit surge care delivery model.
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development:2022:38(1):19-23 Full text

Designing the physical environment for inpatient palliative care: a narrative review. STV
BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care:2021: December 31 
Full text

Improving the safety and quality of end-of-life in an Australian private hospital setting: An audit of documented end-of-life care. AUS
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2021:40(4):449-56 Full text

Emergency department care-related causal factors of in-patient deterioration. AUS
Australian Health Review:2021: December 24 Full text

Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving review requests for pre-medical emergency team deterioration: a cohort study. AUS
Australian Health review:2021: December 24 Full text

Is comprehensive geriatric assessment hospital at home a cost-effective alternative to hospital admission for older people?
Age and Ageing:2021: December 31 Full text

Telehealth is here to stay but not without challenges: a consultation of cardiac rehabilitation clinicians during COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia. STV
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing:2021: December 22 Full text

A systematic review of economic analyses of home-based telerehabilitation.
Disability and Rehabilitation:2021: December 30 Full text

Reimagining preceptor education: the rapid pivot/change process to a virtual format.
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development:2022:38(1):42-45 Full text

International medical graduates' experiences before and after migration: a meta-ethnography of qualitative studies.
Medical Education:2021: December 2 Full text

Assessing changes to N95 respirator filtration efficiency, qualitative and quantitative fit, and seal check with repeated vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) decontamination.
American Journal of Infection Control:2022: January 6 Full text

Gentle gloves: The importance of self-compassion for mental health nurses during COVID-19.
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2022: 31(1):3-7 Full text

Depression and hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure.
American Journal of Cardiology:2022:164:73-78 Full text

Sources of medication omissions among hospitalized older adults with polypharmacy.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2021: December 30 Full text

Effect of regional vs general anesthesia on incidence of postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: The RAGA Randomized Trial.
JAMA:2021: December 20 Full text

Acidosis, cognitive dysfunction and motor impairments in patients with kidney disease.
Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation:2022:37(Suppl. 2):ii4-ii12 Full text

The IDEAL trial in Australia and New Zealand: clinical and economic impact. AUS
Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation:2022:37(1): 168-74 Full text

From fear to safety: a roadmap to recovery from musculoskeletal pain. STV
Physical Therapy:2021: December 23 Full text

Physical therapist management of Parkinson disease: a clinical practice guideline from the American Physical Therapy Association.
Physical Therapy:2021: December 28 Full text

3D printed multiphasic scaffolds for osteochondral repair: challenges and opportunities. STV
International Journal of Molecular Sciences:2021: November 17 Full text

Site Spotlight - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has been released:
Examination of hospital stays due to family and domestic violence 2010–11 to 2018–19

This report shows that from 2010–11 to 2017–18 there were 29,210 people who had at least one hospital stay due to family and domestic violence (FDV). Most people with a FDV hospital stay were female (68%) and most were aged 15–44. Partners were most commonly responsible for hospitalised FDV assaults. Around 1 in 8 people who had a FDV hospital stay, had more than one.

Research tools available at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

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. Support: video tutorials and Statalist community forum. 

More resources for researchers at SVHM
Clinical Researcher resources at SVHA