Update from the Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Specialist Library

The February edition of the Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Specialist Library (GLDSL) newsletter is out now.

Dr Martyn Caplin, Clinical Lead for the GLDSL, has highlighted some of the most interesting journal articles that have recently been published in the field of gastroenterology and liver diseases.

The latest guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology, the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology, NICE and other organisations are also available to view.

To view the update online, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/3ko3v8

Neurological Conditions Specialist Library February e-update‏

This bulletin from the Neurological Conditions Specialist Library aims to update you on interesting items recently added to the library, the latest journal articles as highlighted by the Clinical Lead and Topic Advisors, upcoming events of interest and what the project team are currently working on.

Recent additions include new guidelines published by relevant associations, systematic reviews published by the Cochrane Library, patient information and podcasts.

To read the online newsletter, please click here: http://tinyurl.com/45gfkt

2009 Annual Evidence Update on Tinnitus‏

For those of you who work in ENT, Audiology and primary health care, the 2009 Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on tinnitus is now available from the ENT and Audiology Specialist Library.

The update presents expert commentary by Veronica Kennedy on major research themes, and a comprehensive collection of up-to-date research evidence published in the previous 12 months. It also includes a section on therapeutic uncertainties where research gaps exist.

There are also patient information resources available, such as factsheets and information on products and support groups.

The AEU on tinnitus is available at http://tinyurl.com/bxmjt3

Kidney Diseases Specialist Library newsletter‏

The Kidney Diseases Specialist Library has launched its first e-newsletter, to provide busy health professionals with high quality information and to keep them up to date with the latest research and developments in this field.

New resources include guidance, evidence, CPD and patient information.

If you have an interest in renal healthcare, click here: http://tinyurl.com/dnyocb

Annual Evidence Update on chest pain

The Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library (CVDSL) has launched its second Annual Evidence Update on Chest Pain for health professionals and patients.

Guidelines, evidence and patient information are presented on topics such as the diagnosis, management and prevention of acute coronary syndromes and chest pain.

To see the significant advances in knowledge about chest pain since the first update was published in 2007, click here:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular/viewResource.aspx?resid=305729

DUETS

DUETs has been established in the UK to publish uncertainties about the effects of treatments that cannot currently be answered by referring to reliable, up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence. UK DUETs has now been incorporated into the NLH Search. It is included on the Evidence hubpage and is searchable

FEBRUARY 2009

No snowy pictures available, so here's a serene picture of Swan Lake instead!

Launch of a new journal: Genome Medicine

Genome Medicine is an online peer-reviewed journal which publishes research articles of outstanding quality in all areas of medicine studied from a genomic or post-genomic perspective. The journal emphasises research into the clinical use of new genomic diagnostics and therapeutics and has a special focus on the latest technologies and findings that impact on the understanding and management of human health and disease.

Genome Medicine is an open access journal, ensuring that information on the latest research advances are available, not just to researchers, but also to physicians and their patients around the world, providing up-to-date information that will affect medical treatments.

Access its free articles here: http://genomemedicine.com/

INFOcus

A new website has been launched to support NHS staff in the north west of England who use, manage and share information to support the delivery of healthcare. The INFOcus service aims to support staff in delivering first class quality of care through access to knowledge and information. It provides details of training and resources, and also professional development opportunities and relevant news. The website covers specialty areas of health informatics such as Clinical Coding, Clinical Audit, Knowledge Management and Information Governance. It also includes a very useful web directory of health-related websites, categorised into key subject areas.

The website can be accessed here: http://www.infocusnorthwest.nhs.uk/

Annual Evidence Update on Patient and Carer Involvement in Chronic Disease

The Palliative and Supportive Care Specialist Library has produced an Annual Evidence Update on Patient and Carer Involvement in Chronic Disease. It collects together the best current knowledge on self care in chronic disease management. Key resources from a small sample of chronic conditions such as kidney disease and lymphoedema, as well as end of life care, are placed within the general theme of user involvement in health services.

Click on the link for policies, systematic reviews and other resources:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/palliative/ViewResource.aspx?resID=304326&tabID=290

Rehabilitation Reference Center and Nursing Reference Center

The National Library for Health has secured a three month trial of Ebsco's Rehabilitation Reference Center and Nursing Reference Center.

Rehabilitation Reference Center is a clinical reference tool designed for use by rehabilitation clinicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists at the point of care. It provides valid and relevant information using the best available evidence to help support clinical decisions.

Nursing Reference Center is a user-friendly, point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students and hospital librarians. It delivers the best available and most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases.

You can access both resources by logging into my Athens and clicking either onto the link to 'Ebsco Host Databases' or 'CINAHL with full text'.

Web tutorials on Essential Evidence Plus

Essential Evidence Plus is an online decision-support system focused on improving patient care and increasing clinical efficiency. It incorporates reviews from the Cochrane Library. It filters for relevance and usefulness, and grades the evidence for accuracy and validity.

To learn more: click on the link below to register and select the recorded presentation of your choice. Please be sure that the audio is turned up on your computer.
http://www.brainshark.com/wiley/eep

TRIP Answers

TRIP have released a new site called TRIP Answers that may be of interest to clinicians.
TRIP Answers is a repository of clinical Q&As from a large number of organisations around the world and currently holds over 5,600. More than one hundred new Q&As are added weekly. Each Q&A is evidence graded and can be located via searching or browsing via 'tag clouds', which are groups of keywords associated with each Q&A.
You can enter the site by clicking on the following address: www.tripanswers.org/

Cardio, Stroke and Vascular e-bulletin out now!

A new issue of the Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke and Vascular Specialist Libraries e-bulletin has been published.

It covers additions to all three libraries from December 2008 to January 2009.

The e-bulletin can be accessed here:
http://www.wish-uk.org/ebullJan09.htm

This link is also available via the Cardiovascular, Stroke and Vascular website homepages.

2009 Annual Evidence Update on Urinary Incontinence‏

The Women's Health Specialist Library has collaborated with the Kidney Diseases and Male Urogenital Disorders Specialist Library to produce the 2009 Annual Evidence Update on Urinary Incontinence.

A great deal of literature is published yearly, and the aim of this annual evidence update is to direct attention to the relevant information gleaned from papers published about male and female urinary incontinence in recent years.

Click below for the links to the Contents page for male urinary incontinence:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/kidney/ViewResource.aspx?resID=301849&tabID=289

and for female urinary incontinence:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/womenshealth/page.aspx?pagename=09UIAEUCON

ENT and Audiology Update‏

For those of you working with ENT, Audiology and related areas, the January / February update of recent guidelines, clinical tools and systematic reviews added to the ENT and Audiology Specialist Library is now available. ENT and audiology research continues to progress relentlessly and new evidence is being added to the library as it emerges to keep you well informed. This update highlights the recent additions to the site - just follow the links for further details of each resource.

Click here to read more: http://www.library.nhs.uk/ENT/ViewResource.aspx?resID=302111&tabID=290&catID=11484

Annual Evidence Update on Patient Involvement in Patient Safety

The Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library has released an Annual Evidence Update on Patient Involvement in Patient Safety. Included in this update are articles, reports, and information on initiatives published since the original National Knowledge Week on Patient Involvement in Patient Safety in November 2007.

You can view the update by clicking on the following link:

http://www.library.nhs.uk/ppi/viewResource.aspx?resid=304862&code=38fddebecf00a7923619e13

January 2009

Happy New Year to you all!

Best wishes for 2009 from all of us in the library.

Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke and Vascular Specialist Libraries eBulletin

The latest edition of the e-bulletin of the Cardiovascular, Vascular and Stroke Specialist Libraries has now been uploaded. It contains new developments, recent publications and the latest news for all three of the libraries.
Click here http://www.wish-uk.org/ebullDec08.htm to view the online bulletin.

Neurological Conditions Specialist Library update‏

The latest update from the Neurological ConditionsSpecialist Library is out now. As well as highlighting the latest evidence, guidelines and reports, this bulletin also contains a 60 minute e-learning workshop on dementia.

Click on the following web address to access the online newsletter: http://www.library.nhs.uk/neurological/Page.aspx?prv=y&pagename=ONLINENEWS

Annual Evidence Update on Spinal Diseases

The Trauma and Orthopaedics Specialist Library in conjunction with the Musculoskeletal Specialist Library has released an Annual Evidence Update on Spinal Diseases. Included in this Update are guidelines and systematic reviews produced within the last few years on the following topics: low back pain, ankylosing spondylitis, degenerative disc and burst fracture.
Find out more at: http://www.library.nhs.uk/trauma_orthopaedics/

Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Specialist Library Update

The latest update from the Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Specialist Library has recently been published. This bulletin highlights new additions to the library, the latest journal articles and upcoming events of interest. There is a guest editorial on the subject of Autoimmune Pancreatitis.
The newsletter can be viewed here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver/Page.aspx?prv=y&pagename=NEWS

Stroke Rehabilitation Annual Evidence Update

The Stroke Specialist Library has launched the Stroke Rehabilitation Annual Evidence Update (AEU). This is the first AEU that has been undertaken on a stroke-related topic. The Update focuses on a number of the key components of stroke rehabilitation within the National Stroke Strategy.
Access the Update here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/stroke/Page.aspx?prv=y&pagename=SAEUINTRO0

DECEMBER 2008

Season's greetings from James!

Launch of the 2008 Annual Evidence Update on Diagnosing HIV

The Infections Specialist Library has launched its first Annual Evidence Update on Diagnosing HIV. This Update is timed to coincide with World AIDS Day on the 1st December. The National Library for Public Health will be presenting a complementary evidence update on behaviour change in high-risk populations as part of the Sexual Health National Knowledge Week from the 1st to the 7th December.

There is a vast amount of literature on HIV and AIDS, so the Infections Specialist Library has chosen to focus on diagnosing HIV for its first update, and uses the UK National Guidelines for HIV testing as a starting document. There are commentaries written by experts on various subtopics, and links to other useful websites are provided.

The Update can be accessed here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/Infections/ViewResource.aspx?resID=299385

Oral cancer Annual Evidence Update 2008

16th - 22nd November was Mouth Cancer Awareness Week. In recognition of this, the Oral Health Specialist Library presented its Annual Evidence Update on oral cancer. The update provides a summary of the best available information - systematic reviews, meta-analyses and guidelines - published since last year's update. There is also a range of patient information, and a commentary on ethnicity and oral cancer.

Read the update here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/oralhealth/ViewResource.aspx?resID=297162&tabID=290

The Annual Evidence Update for COPD is out now

The Respiratory Specialist Library brings to you the Annual Evidence Update for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD). Building on the comprehensive review presented in February 2008 to inform the National Service Framework (NSF) for people with COPD, this update will detail the very latest systematic reviews and other evidence published this year on COPD. The NSF will be published at the end of 2008. Further information is available from the British Lung Foundation.
Here is the link to the Update for COPD: http://www.library.nhs.uk/respiratory/ViewResource.aspx?resID=298651&tabID=290&summaries=true&resultsPerPage=10&sort=TITLE&catID=5880

Annual Evidence Update on Lung Cancer

The Cancer Specialist Library launched its Lung Cancer Annual Evidence Update this month, to coincide with Lung Cancer National Knowledge Week. The update mainly consists of systematic reviews and guidance published within the last year. The material is divided into a wide variety of topics such as prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment. Click on the link to view the contents: http://www.library.nhs.uk/Cancer/Page.aspx?pagename=LNKW08

Diabetes Annual Evidence Update

The Diabetes Specialist Library has recently published its second Diabetes Annual Evidence Update. This identifies new evidence on diabetes published between August 2007 and September 2008. The new evidence has been categorised under various headings such as treatments, complications, pregnancy, screening and epidemiology, which makes the vast amount of information on diabetes more accessible. The update can be viewed here:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/Diabetes/Page.aspx?pagename=AEU08.

Launch of the Commissioning Specialist Library

The National Library for Health has launched its Commissioning Specialist Library (CSL). This free resource aims to be a one-stop shop for all those involved in commissioning for health. It will provide access to the best available evidence, with examples of good practice, policy and data to support world-class commissioning. Click on the following link to access the CSL: http://www.library.nhs.uk/commissioning/