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Library Knowledge Update: Knowledge Update July 10 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.
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

Evaluating the impact of junior doctors in quality improvement – a 10-year review. AUS
Australian Health Review:2023: July 4 Full text

Gender differences in medical student perceptions of a career in Cardiology. AUS
Heart, Lung and Circulation:2023: July 5 Full text

The Australian Delirium Clinical Care Standard: not just another brick in the wall. AUS
Age and Ageing:2023:52(6):afad078 Full text

Vital sign assessment and nursing interventions in medical and surgical patients with rapid response system triggers. AUS
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2023: June 27 Full text

Death doula working practices and models of care: the views of death doula training organisations. AUS
BMC Palliative Care:2023: June 23 Full text

Including older people in health and social care research: best practice recommendations based on the INCLUDE framework.
Age and Ageing:2023:52(6):afad082 Full text

A lonely heart is a broken heart: it is time for a biopsychosocial cardiovascular disease model.
European Heart Journal:2023: June 29 Full text

Joint association of loneliness and traditional risk factor control and incident cardiovascular disease in diabetes patients.
European Heart Journal:2023: June 29 Full text

Postponement of elective cardiac surgery: A prospective observational analysis of anxiety, depression, social support and clinical complications.
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2023: June 27 Full text

A randomised controlled trial of prehabilitation in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
Anaesthesia:2023: July 4 Full text

Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study.
Anaesthesia:2023: July 4 Full text

Long-term disease interactions amongst surgical patients: a population cohort study.
British Journal of Aanaesthesia:2023:July 1 Full text

Freedom from atrial arrhythmia and other clinical outcomes at five-years and beyond after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes:2023: June 19 Full text

Effect of opioids for breathlessness in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Heart:2023:109(14):1064-71 Full text

How often are infusion sets for central venous catheters changed in Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Units? A point prevalence survey. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2023: June 27 Full text

Correctional health care and Australian prisoners as recipients of kidney transplants: Legal and ethical issues. STV
Nephrology:2023: June 28 Full text

Western Australian State Trauma Registry analysis of incidence and injury patterns associated with e-Scooter injuries: 5-year retrospective case series. AUS
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2023: July 3 Full text

What are the core recommendations for gout management in first line and specialist care? Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines. STV
BMC Rheumatology:2023: June 15 Full text

New Print Book

Taylor and Francis Open Access journals

Like many major academic publishers, Taylor and Francis have a rapidly expanding collection of fully open access journals.

You can see their list of Open journals in medicine, nursing, allied health and healthcare here

Just a short selection of these titles includes:

Medical Education Online

Nursing: Research and Reviews

Patient Related Outcome Measures

Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation

NSQHS Standards – Live Literature Searches

NSQHS Standards Live Literature Searches

As we approach accrediation, a reminder that a great ressource created by Australian health librarians is available to easily conduct literature searches on PubMed on selected NSQHS criteria.

Searches topics incuded are:

  • Partnering with Consumers - Health Literacy, Partnering with consumers, Shared decision making
  • Healthcare Associated Infections - Infection prevention, Wound management
  • Medication Safety - Medication safety
  • Comprehensive Care-  Delirium,  Falls prevention,  Pressure injuries, Malnutrition
  • Communicating for Safety - Clinical handover
  • Blood Management
  • Acute Deterioration

Note that if you first open the SVHM custom version of PubMed, you will be presented with links to full text where available