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Retrospective analysis of factors influencing the implementation of a program to address unprofessional behaviour and improve culture in Australian hospitals. STV
BMC Health Services Research:2023: June 7 Full text
Cancer in Victorian prisoners: a description of cancer diagnoses, demographics, risk factors and barriers to optimal care. STV
Internal Medicine Journal:2023: August 3 Full text
End-of-life decision-making differs between a cancer and a dementia patient: influences of the physician’s background factors.
Anticancer Research:2023:43(8):3631-38 Full text
Interventions to improve outcomes for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a meta-analysis.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute:2023:115(8):896-908 Full text
In sickness and in health: Loneliness, depression, and the role of marital quality among spouses of persons with dementia.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2023: August 4 Full text
Troponin in early presenters to rule out myocardial infarction.
European Heart Journal:2023: June 23 Full text
Eyes and the heart: what a clinician should know.
Heart:2023: July 28 Full text
Person-centered models for cardiovascular care: a review of the evidence: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Circulation:2023:148(6):512-42 Full text
OSA Is associated with the human gut microbiota composition and functional potential in the population-based Swedish CardioPulmonary bioImage Study.
Chest:2023:164(2):503-16 Full text
Effects of cuff size on the accuracy of blood pressure readings: The Cuff(SZ) Randomized Crossover Trial.
JAMA Internal Medicine:2023: August 7 Full text
Are new Alzheimer drugs better than older drugs?
JAMA Internal Medicine:2023: July 31 Full text
Retatrutide, a GIP, GLP-1 and glucagon receptor agonist, for people with type 2 diabetes: a randomised, double-blind, placebo and active-controlled, parallel-group, phase 2 trial conducted in the USA.
Lancet:2023:402(10401):529-44 Full text
Effectiveness of kinesio taping for chronic stroke patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Disability and Rehabilitation:2023: August 2 Full text
Proton pump inhibitors and the risk of acquiring a penicillin allergy label.
Internal Medicine Journal:2023: August 7 Full text
Lymph node targeted multi-epitope subunit vaccine promotes effective immunity to EBV in HLA-expressing mice.
Nature Communications:2023: August 8 Full text
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in patients with chronic pain, with and without co-occurring opioid use disorder.
Pain Medicine:2023:24(8):941-48 Full text
A selection of new systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library August 2023 issue:
Fibrin‐based haemostatic agents for reducing blood loss in adult liver resection
Dance movement therapy for dementia
Perioperative glycaemic control for people with diabetes undergoing surgery
Medically assisted hydration for adults receiving palliative care