The Care Quality Commission has just published its Hospital Intelligent Monitoring sureillance work.  These reports assess risks at 161 UK hospitals, and has found Cambridgeshire trusts, including Addenbrooke’s, to have among the fewest potential dangers to patients. An overview of which hospitals fall into which bands is available here (NB – you want to be in […]

Got a systematic review that needs doing, but don’t know where to start?  Need to get your references in order, but don’t know your Endnote from your Mendeley? Search strategies not giving you what you need? We can help! Just book in for one of the following sessions:  ?         Managing Your Bibliography  How to take the […]

Not sure how to find an E-Book?  Do you wonder how to download an E-Book to your smart device? Are there an E-Books available in my area of medicine???  For answers to these and other E-Book questions and demonstrations on how to use E-Books on smart devices, come along to the drop-in session next week.  […]

Issue 59 – March  Blood oxygen levels in preterm infants One randomised controlled trial reports that preterm infants with low blood oxygen levels have higher mortality at discharge than infants with high levels. However, a second randomised controlled trial finds no difference in mortality on the basis of blood oxygen level. Premature mortality in people […]

   Please visit the NHS Values books display in the reception area of the Medical Library.  NHS Values encompass the following: Working together for patients                                                             Respect and dignity Commitment to quality of care Compassion Improving lives Everyone counts The featured books all encompass aspects of NHS Values.  Please take a look and take out, they […]

Final year students, have your say! Launch of the National Student Survey (NSS) 2014 – Two May Ball tickets to be won! The National Student Survey (NSS) 2014 has just been launched! If you are a final year undergraduate, we need you to express your views on your student experience to help the University improve […]

Issue 58 – February 2014 Iodine deficiency in pregnancyA cohort study suggests that iodine deficiency during early pregnancy might negatively affect the child’s cognitive development. Silicone cervical pessaries in women with a multiple pregnancyA randomised controlled trial finds that silicone cervical pessaries do not reduce poor perinatal outcomes in women with a multiple pregnancy, although […]

The famous medical library book sale has now started.  Plenty of bargains to be had. 

  MRI in follow-up assessment of sciatica treatmentA randomised controlled trial comparing surgery with conservative care for sciatica after lumbar disc herniation suggests that MRI at follow-up does not distinguish between patients with favourable and unfavourable outcomes after treatment. Antibiotics and community-associated Clostridium difficile infectionA meta-analysis finds that recent use of antibiotics is associated with an increased […]

Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation A French randomised controlled trial found that offering family members the opportunity to observe when a close relative receives cardiopulmonary resuscitation has a positive effect on family members’ psychological outcome. Men’s health interventions in football clubs A programme of men’s health interventions delivered in football clubs may lead to improvements […]