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.
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Emergency department presentations are increasing in acuity in the state of Victoria, Australia—statewide hierarchical regression model for 2018–2024. AUS OA
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2025: August 4 Full text
Prevalence of GHB-related presentations to a metropolitan emergency department in Melbourne. STV AO
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2025: August 4 Full text
A novel format for management of intravenous medication guidelines – a pharmacist-led guideline working group. AUS
Australian Health Review:2025: August 4 Full text
Improving inpatient mental health nurses practice through the use of a standardised instrument. AUS
Australian Health Review:2025: July 28 Full text
Factors contributing to delayed discharge related to stoma education in patients undergoing colorectal surgery: a retrospective analysis. AUS
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2025: August 6 Full text
Clinicians’ discretion to contact patients’ at-risk relatives about their genetic risk: new guidance from Australia's privacy regulator provides timely clarification. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2025: July 13 Full text
Ante-mortem interventions for deceased donation: legal barriers and uncertainty in Australia's decision-making frameworks. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2025: August 5 Full text
Preparing healthcare organisations for using artificial intelligence effectively. AUS
Australian Health Review:2025: July 28 Full text
Survival of transplanted allogeneic beta cells with no immunosuppression.
New England Journal of Medicine:2025: August 4 Full text
Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. OA
Nature:2025: August 6 Full text
Influenza vaccination and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Age and Ageing:2025:54(7):afaf169 Full text
Protective effect of metformin against dementia in patients with obesity: Results from a global federated health network analysis.
Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism:2025: August 6 Full text
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of niclosamide nanohybrid for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. OA
Nature Communicatons:2025: August 1 Full text
Effect of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation management on bone mineral density and function for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial.
Physiotherapy International:2025: August 5 Full text
Synergizing transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) with rehabilitation interventions: uncovering the most effective combinations for post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation- a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Physical Therapy Reviews:2025: August 1 Full text
Conservative oxygen therapy in mechanically ventilated critically ill adult patients: The UK-ROX Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA:2025:334(5):398-408 Full text
Music and Music Therapy Interventions in Clinical Practice
