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Library Knowledge Update: Knowledge Update November 13 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

Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2023: July 24 Full text

Experiences of Australian emergency doctors and nurses using advance care directives in the provision of care at the end of life. AUS OA
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2023: November 8 Full text

Implementing a virtual emergency department to avoid unnecessary emergency department presentations. AUS   OA
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2023: November 8 Full text

Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients.
JAMA Internal Medicine:2023: November 6 Full text

Deteriorating patients in Australian hospitals – Current issues and future opportunities.
Australian Critical care:2023: November 7 Full text

Adrenaline autoinjectors for Australian out-of-hospital anaphylaxis: where to from here?

Internal Medicine Journal:2023: November 5 Full text

A vanguard randomised feasibility trial comparing three regimens of peri-operative oxygen therapy on recovery after major surgery.

Anaesthesia:2023:78(10):1272-84 Full text

Agitation during anaesthetic emergence: An observational study of adult cardiac surgery patients in two Australian intensive care units. AUS OA
Australian Critical Care:2023: October 31 Full text

Is remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus real? AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2023: October 30 Full text

Vitamin C insufficiency in Australia: underrated and overlooked? AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2023: November 6 Full text

Pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
JAMA:2023: November 7 Full text

Brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation in alzheimer dementia: a randomized clinical trial.
JAMA Neurology:2023: November 6 Full text

Dysregulated immunity to Clostridioides difficile in IBD patients without a history of recognized infection. AUS OA
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases:2023: October 24 Full text

Decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection and hospitalization.
New England Journal:2023: November 9 Full text

Effectiveness of the live zoster vaccine during the 10 years following vaccination: real world cohort study using electronic health records.
BMJ:2023:e076321 Full text

Characterizing the pre-clinical phase of inflammatory bowel disease. OA
Cell Reports Medicine:2023: November 7 Full text

Applications of liquid biopsy for surgical patients with cancer: a review.
JAMA Surgery:2023: November 1 Full text

Open Access publishing: benefits and challenges.
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing:2023: October 24 Full text

Palliative Care Services in Australia

The AIHW report Palliative care services in Australia has been recently updated with new data.

  • 14,500 people received 69,100 palliative medicine attendance and case conference services provided by palliative medicine physicians/specialists in 2021–22.
  • Between 2012–13 and 2018–19, the number of people receiving palliative medicine attendances/consultations increased by 35% and remained relatively stable in the following 2 years (2019–20 and 2020–21) before declining by 13% in the 12 months to 2021–22.
  • There were 4,800 people appraised as requiring palliative care in 2021–22, accounting for 2.0% of all people in permanent residential aged care.

Open Access Publishing 'Read and Publish'

Increasingly, academic authors are looking to publish their studies as open access, so that everyone can read them. However, the processing fees that are charged for publishing open access can be prohibitive.

Many Australian University Libraries have now established what are known as 'read and publish' deals with major academic publishers. These deals combine traditional journal subscriptions with benefits for authors. They allow for article processing charges (APCs) to be waived for staff of those universities if the article is accepted.

So if you are looking to publish your research and have a co-appointment with a university, check out what your options are by checking their Library websites - eg,. Melbourne University Open Access Publishing Agreements

The Library will have some news regarding read and publish options for SVHM staff soon!