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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Dying in the hospital: Spiritual-based care at the end of life.
Journal of Hospital Medicine:2025: January 13 Full text
Time to nursing home admission and death in people with dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis. OA
BMJ:2025: January 8 Full text
Patient experiences of receiving stroke discharge information in accordance with preferences. AUS OA
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2025: January 9 Full text
Ward-delivered nasal high-flow oxygen and non-invasive ventilation are safe for people with acute respiratory failure: a cohort study. AUS
Internal Medicine Journal:2025: January 11 Full text
A comparison of peripherally inserted central catheter materials.
New England Journal of Medicine:2025 January 8 Full text
Predicting the risk of intensive care unit admission in patients with COVID-19 presenting in the emergency room: Development and evaluation of the CROSS score.
Clinical Infectious Diseases:2025: January 10 Full text
Characteristics, care and support needs of older Victorians requiring a government-funded Home Care Package: An observational study. AUS
Australasian Journal on Ageing:2025: January 12 Full text
Elective peri-operative management of adults taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors: a multidisciplinary consensus statement. OA
Anaesthesia:2025: January 9 Full text
Association of Anaesthetists Guidelines: guidelines on the use of blood components and their alternatives 2024. OA
Anaesthesia:2025: January 9 Full text
Metabolic bariatric surgery generates substantial, sustained weight loss and health improvement in a real-world setting. AUS
ANZ Journal of Surgery:2025: January 9 Full text
Iatrogenic harm in functional neurological disorder. OA
Brain:2025:148(1):27-28 Full text
Automated insulin delivery in older adults with type 1 diabetes.
NEJM Evidence:2024: December 28 Full text
Screening for osteoporosis to prevent fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
JAMA:2025: January 14 Full text
The impact of the BreastScreen NSW transition from film to digital mammography, 2002–2016: a linked population health data analysis. OA
Medical Journal of Australia:2025: January 12 Full text
Atlas of the plasma proteome in health and disease in 53,026 adults. OA
Cell:2025: January 9 Full text
Essential Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Care by 
Nutrition and Stroke: Current State and Future Perspectives
