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Library Knowledge Update: Knowledge Update July 3 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

The medical emergency team — current status and future directions: a perspective for acute care physicians. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2023: June 22 Full text

Conflict of interest policies at Australian medical schools. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2023: May 31 Full text

Assessing the value of huddle implementation in the perioperative setting.
AORN:2023: June 27 Full text

Palliative care to support the needs of adults with neurological disease. STV
Lancet Neurology:2023:22(7):619-31 Full text

Merging virtual and physical experiences: extended realities in cardiovascular medicine. STV
European Heart Journal:2023: June 23 Full text

Troponin in early presenters to rule out myocardial infarction. STV
European Heart Journal:2023: June 23 Full text

Obesity paradox is still alive in heart failure.
Heart:2023: June 20 Full text

The third Intensive Care Bundle with Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trial (INTERACT3): an international, stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.
Lancet:2023:402(10395):27-40 Full text

Early versus later anticoagulation for stroke with atrial fibrillation.
New England Journal of Medicine:2023: June 29 Full text

Impact of modified-release opioid use on clinical outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a propensity score-matched cohort study. AUS
Anaesthesia:2023: June 26 Full text

Opioid analgesic effects on subjective well-being in the operating theatre.
Anaesthesia:2023: June 28 Full text

Drug resistance in epilepsy.
Lancet Neurology:2023: June 20 Full text

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