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Citation Databases
OTseeker
A database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to Occupational Therapy.
PEDro
A physiotherapy evidence database, developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in Physiotherapy.
PubMed
Medline access through NLM to biomedical literature.
Dictionaries
Medical Dictionaries and Glossaries
Health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
Rogets Dictionary & Thesaurus
Select either the dictionary or the thesaurus for your general non-medical needs.
CancerWeb - The Online Medical Dictionary
A searchable dictionary that contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
Medical Library Search
A collection of information and professional medical support gathered from the best medical organisations and experts in the world.
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th Edition)
A general medical text providing reliable, easy-to-use medical information.
Drug Information
Australian Prescription Products Guide
Contains prescription product information, consumer medicine and reference information for all prescription items in Australia, incorporating Australian approved food additive numbers, patient support organisations, and drug combinations. You will need to register to use this free service. The information is updated monthly.
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits
Provides information on the arrangements for the prescribing and supply of pharmaceutical benefits under the commonwealth government's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
National Prescribing Service
A non-profit organisation, independent of government and the pharmaceutical industry, with a goal to improve the health of Australians through quality prescribing of medicines by providing access to independent, balanced, critically appraised information on medicines to prescribers and consumers.
Evidence Based Practice Reviews
Cochrane Library
Prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration, which is an international network of individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining and disseminating reliable up-to-date information about the effectiveness of health care. The Cochrane Library contains eight databases, including the following:
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - regularly updated summaries of the best available evidence
The Database of Abstract of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) - other published reviews prepared by people outside of the Cochrane Collaboration
The U.K. National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database - comprises international economic evaluations of health care interventions, providing decision makers with information on costs of interventions alongside information on effectiveness.
National Access to the Cochrane Library is funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia.
Bandolier
A website about health care treatments and diseases. Bandolier distils information from secondary reviews of primary trials and makes it comprehensible. Information is available via the online journal or through the knowledge resource area by topic.
Handbooks
Asthma Adherence - A Guide for Health Professionals
In developing this practical guide, the National Asthma Council (NAC) aims to assist those involved in asthma care to understand more about adherence and the factors affecting it, both as a patient issue and an asthma management issue.
Asthma Management Handbook (2002)
A practical guide to practising clinicians, community pharmacists and other health professionals to assist them in their management of people with asthma developed by the National Asthma Council, Australia. Its recommendations are based on the most up-to-date evidence available, through the 1999 Evidence-Based Review of the Australian Six Step Asthma Management Plan (Coughlan J, Wilson A, Gibson P, NSW Health 2000), subsequent Cochrane reviews and other meta-analyses. Where evidence is lacking, the consensus opinion of Australian experts has been incorporated.
The Australian Immunisation Handbook - 8th Edition
The Handbook provides practitioners with clear guidance on vaccination, including vaccination procedures, the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule, catch-up vaccination, vaccination for special risk groups and reporting requirements for adverse events and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. It also provides an accessible summary of vaccine preventable diseases in Australia. Access it online in PDF format via this link.
Neonatal Handbook
An evidence-based tool that provides information on the initial assessment and management of 94 common conditions encountered during the early newborn period.
Royal Children's Hospital Paediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines
An 'A to Z' list of common paediatric presentations, the Royal Children's Hospital Clinical practice guidelines have been developed from knowledge of important paediatric conditions and conditions flagged by problems with individual cases or Adverse Events Review.
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
An interdisciplinary textbook that provides a broad base of information of clinical relevance to geriatric care--everything from internal medicine to pharmacology and dermatology to rehabilitation medicine and psychiatry.
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th Edition)
The Merck Manual covers all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine as well as detailed information on paediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynaecology, dermatology, pharmacology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and a number of special subjects.
The Merck Manual Home Edition
This manual was published to meet a growing demand by the General Public for detailed medical information. It covers almost every disease that affects humans.
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Text Books
NCBI Books
A growing collection of biomedical books on the U.S.A. National Centre for Biotechnology Information platform.
Free Medical Books
FreeBooks4Doctors! is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the internet.
Guidelines
Links or access to quality guidelines and protocols from State, National and International sources.
The information available on these pages is intended for use by qualified health care professionals only. If you do not have appropriate qualifications you must not act or rely on this information without consulting a qualified health practitioner.
The material provided on this website is for information only and other than the material developed by the Department of Human Services, is not adopted, recommended or endorsed by the Department of Human Services or the State of Victoria. Health Professionals are advised to use clinical discretion when applying information found on this area of the web site. |
For those looking for resources on 'how to write guidelines', the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Handbook Series on Preparing Clinical Practice Guidelines is an invaluable reference.
Victorian
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Clinical Epidemiology & Health Service Evaluation Unit includes:
Guidelines for the Hospital Management of Acute Asthma
Hospital Management of an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Infectious Diseases - epidemilogy & surveillance - Guidelines & Regulations
(Department of Human Services, Victoria) Includes:
Guidelines for the Control of Infectious Diseases
Guidelines for the Investigation of Gastrointestinal Illness
Management, Control and Prevention of Tuberculosis (TB) - Guidelines for Health Care Providers 2002-2005
Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Colonisation/Infection
Air Travel for patients with Tuberculosis - Guidelines for General Practitioners
 Infection Prevention and Control Manual - Rural Infection Control Practice Group Victoria. First Edition March 2002 (2902kb, pdf)
Neonatal Handbook - Royal Children's Hospital Paediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines
Rural Ambulance Victoria and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines
Eastern Health Short Stay Observation Unit Pathways
Australasian
Australian Red Cross Blood Service - Clinical Guidelines
Adult Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy
(Position Statement of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand)
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prediction and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
(Australian Wound Management Association)
Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) Guideline Site
This site has guidelines listed under broad topic areas, including Aboriginal Health, Cardiology, Endocrinology, General medicine, Geriatrics, Haematology, Immunology and Allergy, Infectious Disease, Nutrition, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women's Health, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Respiratory Medicine, and Rheumatology.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - Clinical Practice Guidelines
National Heart Foundation - Clinical Guidelines
New Zealand Guideline Clearing House
Standards of Wound Management
(Australian Wound Management Association)
International
Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network
The Royal College of Surgeons of England - Dental Guidelines
U.K. National electronic Library for Health Guidelines Finder
U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
U.S. Government Guideline Clearinghouse
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