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Library Knowledge Update: Knowledge Update August 21 2023

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.
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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

Perceptions of gender equity among critical care and other health professionals: A cross-sectional survey. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2023: August 12 Full text

Vital signs and medical emergency response (MER) activation predict in-hospital mortality in general surgery patients: a study of 15 969 admissions. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2023: August 13 Full text

Determinants of fatigue in emergency department clinicians who wear personal protective equipment. AUS
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2023: August 15 Full text

Evaluating an implementation of the Australian National Guidelines for the on-screen display of discharge summaries. AUS
Australian Health Review:2023: August 8 Full text

Repurposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalised Medical Patients (RePORT): results of a cluster randomised stepped-wedge quality improvement study.
BMJ Quality and Safety:2023:32(9):517-25 Full text

Establishing a clinical ethics support service: lessons from the first 18 months of a new Australian service – a case study. AUS
BMC Medical Ethics:2023: August 11 Full text

Ethical challenges around thirst in end-of-life care –experiences of palliative care physicians.
BMC Medical Ethics:2023: August 9 Full text

Factors associated with entry to residential care in frail older inpatients. AUS
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2023: August 13 Full text

“Empowering Us”: A community-led survey of real-world perspectives of adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring to manage their glucose levels. STV
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice:2023: 202: 110830 Full text

Detection, management, and prevention of diabetes-related foot disease in the Australian context. STV
World Journal of Diabetes:2023: July 15 Full text

Benzodiazepines and postoperative delirium: should we be as cautious as we are? STV
British Journal of Anaesthesia:2023: August 4 Full text

Emerging roles of artificial intelligence (AI) in Cardiology: benefits and barriers in a ‘Brave New World’. SVHA
Heart, Lung and Circulation:2023: August 4 Full text

The ANZ hernia repair practices study: improving informed consent and surgeon-patient communication. AUS
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2023: August 16 Full text

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for acute bipolar depression in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Lancet Psychiatry:2023:10(9):693-705 Full text

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