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Background: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) requires timely intervention with thrombolytics to provide increased survivability and decreased disability. Telestroke is a new and growing technology used to increase access to thrombolytics within 3-4.5 hou…

Background: Total knee arthroplasties (TKA) have long been considered the standard when looking at venous thrombotic events (VTE) risks. Such operations are rated as a high-risk procedure by the American Heart Association when analyzing prophylaxis …

Pulmonary aspiration continues to pose a significant perioperative threat to patient safety, particularly in emergent or high-risk surgical populations where fasting status is uncertain or unreliable. Anesthesia providers have traditionally relied o…

Prenatal smoking rates have tripled in Tennessee in comparison to those in the United States despite an abundant amount of resources available and a negative cultural stigma surrounding smoking during pregnancy. Many various smoking cessation resour…

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to determine if the use of elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor (ETI) therapy is associated with improvement in morbidity and surrogate clinical data for people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) with at…

Background: Spinal cord injuries (SCI) have a prevalence of 54 million people in the United States and cause significant distress for those affected. Current treatment options in clinical guidelines are not effective enough to notably decrease long-…

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to investigate the impact of instructional design elements on cognitive load for adult neurodiverse learners in online learning environments. For the utility of this study, cognitive load will be general…

Dementia affects the physical and mental health and thereby reduces the quality of life of persons affected. With an aging population, the incidence of dementia is increasing, but the pathophysiology of the disease is still under investigation. Curr…

Background: Anesthesia professionals are experts in handling high-risk medications, equipment, and conducting patient assessments. Neuromuscular blocking medications are commonly used in general anesthesia. This research project presents current evi…

Medication non-adherence is a prevalent issue among patients diagnosed with psychotic symptoms, which results in relapse and re-hospitalization. Current measures to address medication non-adherence in the psychiatric setting have not been successful…

Background: Increasing sensitizations to food amongst rising generations has created a challenge for the health care system to determine the correct path of assessing the degree of allergic response in patients. Currently the gold diagnostic standar…