Background Over 80% of women with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) develop spinal
cord disease in adulthood for which treatment is supportive only. For future clinical trials …

Patients may experience acute pain after cardiopulmonary surgery. Narcotic pain relievers
may reduce pain, yet many patients still complained of discomfort at the project site despite …

This study accessed the idiosyncratic trend in Common Core subject grade point averages
(GPA) of bilingual students from 3rd-8th grade in Brevard County. Bilinguals showed a …

Communication failures during patient handoff can lead to medication errors. At the project
site, there was a high medication error rate and a gap in the use of an evidence-based …

Poor discharge planning leaves gaps in follow-up care often resulting in unplanned hospital
readmissions. Older adults are often on the receiving end of this issue. The purpose of this …

Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) is an evidence-based practice with many benefits for mothers and
their newborns. The separation of mothers from their babies after cesarean birth delays …

Thèse présentée à la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé en vue de l'obtention
du diplôme de philosophiae doctor (Ph. D.) en sciences de la santé, Faculté de médecine et …

Sepsis has imposed a burden on healthcare and the necessity to recognize sepsis is vital in
critical access hospitals (CAHs). This project introduced a sepsis screening tool of a quick …

Long-term care (LTC) residents often experience poor quality of life (QOL). Culture change
has been proposed as an approach to improve resident centredness in care, thereby aiming …

Statistical significance is often a metric by which research results are measured. Yet, these
results may have little relevance in the clinical setting. Many questions surround the …