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Library Knowledge Update: Knowledge Update August 26 2024

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

Mental health training for physicians supervising resident physicians: a cluster randomised controlled trial. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 16
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Sustainable shift in surgical practice: embracing reusable gowns. AUS OA
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2024: August 19
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Povidone iodine vs chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol for preoperative skin antisepsis: a randomized clinical trial.
JAMA:2024:2024;332(7):541-549
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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
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The loneliness epidemic: a holistic view of its health and economic implications in older age.
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 15
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The public health and economic burden of long COVID in Australia, 2022–24: a modelling study. AUS
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 18
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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
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Calling time on the use of modified-release opioids for acute pain. AUS OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2024: August 16
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The burden of hyperkalaemia on hospital healthcare resources. OA
Clinical and Experimental Medicine:2024: August 14
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Loop diuretics in cardiovascular disease: friend or foe?
European Heart Journal:2024: August 19
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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
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Efficacy and safety of pregabalin and gabapentin for pruritus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management:2024: August 21
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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
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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

Cambridge University Press 2024 Deal for SVHM authors

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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