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
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Mental health training for physicians supervising resident physicians: a cluster randomised controlled trial. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 16 Full text
Sustainable shift in surgical practice: embracing reusable gowns. AUS OA
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2024: August 19 Full text
Povidone iodine vs chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol for preoperative skin antisepsis: a randomized clinical trial.
JAMA:2024:2024;332(7):541-549 Full text
Should medical eponyms continue to be used in everyday practice? AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 13 Full text
Destitute and dying: interventions and models of palliative and end of life care for homeless adults – a systematic review.
BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care:2024: August 17 Full text
The loneliness epidemic: a holistic view of its health and economic implications in older age.
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 15 Full text
The public health and economic burden of long COVID in Australia, 2022–24: a modelling study. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 18 Full text
Ensuring a fit-for-purpose resource for consumers, clinicians and health services: the updated Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard. AUS OA
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2024: August 18 Full text
Calling time on the use of modified-release opioids for acute pain. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 16 Full text
The burden of hyperkalaemia on hospital healthcare resources. OA
Clinical and Experimental Medicine:2024: August 14 Full text
Loop diuretics in cardiovascular disease: friend or foe?
European Heart Journal:2024: August 19 Full text
Low-dose rivaroxaban plus aspirin in fragile patients after lower extremity revascularization. OA
Journal of the American College of Cardiology:2024:84(9):801-11 Full text
Efficacy and safety of pregabalin and gabapentin for pruritus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management:2024: August 21 Full text
Efficacy of semaglutide by sex in obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: STEP-HFpEF Trials.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology:2024:84(9):773-85 Full text
Effect of semaglutide on epicardial adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes: Insights From the STOP (Semaglutide Treatment effect On coronary atherosclerosis Progression) Randomized Trial.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology:2024:84(9):865-67 Full text
Antivirals for treatment of severe influenza: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. OA
Lancet:2024:404(10454):753-63 Full text
Antivirals for post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. OA
Lancet:2024:404(10454):764-72 Full text
Nutrition intake, muscle thickness, and recovery outcomes for critically ill patients requiring non-invasive forms of respiratory support: A prospective observational study. AUS OA
Australian Critical Care:2024: August 22 Full text
A selection of recent systemic reviews from the Cochrane Library issues 7 and 8 2024:
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for post‐traumatic stress disorder in adults
Ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement
Antihypertensive treatment for kidney transplant recipients
Stem cell treatment for acute myocardial infarction
Clinical service organisation for adults with atrial fibrillation
Preoperative statin therapy for adults undergoing cardiac surgery
The Library has entered into an agreement with Cambridge University Press for 2024. This provides access to 79 journals titles, In adition, any SVHM author who publishes open access in a Cambridge University Press journal in 2024 will have the articles processing fees waived. The SVHM author must be the corresponding author for the article. Please ask Library staff for details on terms and conditions.
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