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
Potential length of stay reductions from emergency department use of a point-of-care high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assay: Pilot findings from Australia's first cardiac emergency department. AUS OA
Emergency Medicine Australasia:2025: April 21 Full text
A point prevalence study of need and provision of palliative care in adult and medical surgical inpatients. AUS OA
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2025: April 10 Full text
Palliative prognostic tools in surgical patients at the end of life: a systematic review. AUS
British Journal of Anaesthesia:2025: April 23 Full text
Improving empiric antibiotic selection for patients hospitalized with abdominal infection. The INSPIRE 4 Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA Surgery:2025: April 10 Full text
Operative vs nonoperative treatment of acute cholecystitis in older adults with multimorbidity.
JAMA Surgery:2025: April 16 Full text
Electrolyte disorders in the critically ill: a retrospective analysis. OA
Scientific Reports:2025: April 22 Full text
The ‘nephrotoxins’ were stopped: what is in a name and its impact on kidney and cardiac health? AUS OA
Internal Medicine Journal:2025: April 22 Full text
A study of sudden cardiac death in schizophrenia. AUS
Heart, Lung and Circulation:2025: April 22 Full text
The effect of a healthy lifestyle on reducing the utilisation of healthcare professionals and prescription medications among stroke survivors: a longitudinal investigation using linked administrative data. AUS OA
Disability and Rehabilitation:2025: April 15 Full text
Strategies used by patients when getting in and out of bed early after hip fracture surgery – the HIP-ME-UP cohort.
Hospital Practice:2025: April 21 Full text
