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Background: Alteplase/tPA is the gold standard of care in treating a confirmed acute ischemic stroke when onset is within 4.5-hours. However, its benefits have not been established among these patients when the stroke onset was >4.5 hours or with un…

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: The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased and more accessible use of telemedicine, which has remained common practice even as the pandemic ended. Telemedicine visits do not allow for a complete physical exam or in-office diagnostic testing …

Background: One of the notable advances in healthcare is video laryngoscopy (VL), a valuable tool that can provide reassurance and safe outcomes such as less trauma to the airway, decreased intubation time and attempts, and less oxygen desaturation.…

Background: Anxiety and depression are among the most commonly diagnosed illnesses in the United States. Although healthcare providers such as Nurse Practitioners (NP), Physician Assistants (PA), and Physicians (MD/DO) are trained to medically diagn…

The purpose of this quantitative observational study was to identify the differences in high school student test scores on the ACT ELA composite tests and ACT math test for students attending school in union and unified districts in Arizona. Arizona…

Objective: Stroke is a major complication of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, a common dysrhythmia. This study evaluated the efficacy of stroke prevention when using the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device and compared it to…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between motivational need satisfaction and employee productivity and satisfaction in employees who work remotely and hybrid at least 10% of the time in New South Wales, Austr…

Background: Asthma is a common chronic condition that affects much of the world’s population. The disease is classified as an obstructive airway disorder that does not allow adequate air to the lungs, causing patients to experience difficulty breath…

Background: Pain, a subjective experience, poses unique challenges in its assessment, particularly among nonverbal children with intellectual disabilities who express pain in a variety of individualized ways. Traditional pain assessment tools that r…