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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Sustaining a new model of acute stroke care: a mixed-method process evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit. AUS
International Journal of Health Policy and Management:2023:12(1):1-13 Full text
Evaluation of stable chest pain following emergency department presentation: Impact of first-line cardiac computed tomography diagnostic strategy in an Australian setting. AUS
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2023: August 18 Full text
Supervision of the mental health lived experience workforce in Australia: a scoping review. AUS
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2023: August 21 Full text
Experiencing restraint: a dialogic narrative inquiry from a service user perspective.
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2023: August 21 Full text
Bringing lived experience to research on health and homelessness: perspectives of researchers and lived experience partners.
Community Mental Health Journal:2023:59:1235-42 Full text
German Patient Blood Management Network: effectiveness and safety analysis in 1.2 million patients.
British Journal of Anaesthesia:2023:131(3):472-81 Full text
Clinical features, antiviral treatment, and patient outcomes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of the previous and the 2022 Mpox outbreaks.
Journal of Infectious Diseases:2023:228(4):391-401 Full text
Post-COVID: effects of physical exercise on functional status and work ability in health care personnel.
Disability and Rehabilitation:2023:45(18):2872-78 Full text
Mental health nurses' experience of resilience during COVID-19: A qualitative inquiry. SVHA
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2023: August 21 Full text
Association between COVID-19 infection and pulmonary fibrosis: a nested case-control study.
American Journal of Medicine:2023:August 19 Full text
Neutralization and binding antibody response to second bivalent COVID-19 vaccination in nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2023: August 17 Full text
Temperature management for comatose adult survivors of cardiac arrest: a science advisory From the American Heart Association.
Circulation:2023: August 16 Full text
Changes in the use of long-term medications following incident dementia diagnosis.
JAMA Internal Medicine:2023: August 21 Full text
A roadmap for gut microbiome-derived aromatic amino acids for improved cardiovascular risk stratification.
European Heart Journal:2023:44(32):3097-99 Full text
End-of-life experiences among “kinless” older adults: a nationwide register-based study.
Journal of Palliative Medicine:2023: August 7 Full text
Effect of hemodiafiltration or hemodialysis on mortality in kidney failure.
New England Journal of Medicine:2023: August 24 Full text
Pitavastatin to prevent cardiovascular disease in HIV infection.
New England Journal of Medicine:2023: August 24 Full text
Epilepsy and long-term risk of arrhythmias.
European Heart Journal:2023: August 21 Full text
The UK Royal Socitey commissioned a panel of experts to compile a report:
COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions
The report covers catgeories of interventions:
The aim of the report is to learn from NPI implementation during the pandemic and highlight evidence gaps to ensure we are prepared for potential future outbreaks of infectious disease.
The ANZCA Primary Exam Companion by 
Farr's Physics for Medical Imaging by 
Pain: A Textbook For Health Professionals by 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets by 
Working with Serious Mental Illness : A Manual For Clinical Practice by