Browsing OU - Tulsa Schusterman Center by Issue Date
Now showing items 61-80 of 109
-
Revisiting Unlicensed Channel Access Scheme of 5G New Radio
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: As the second phase of 5G standardization efforts encapsulated in Release 16 comes to its freeze and completion date in June 2020, aspects of some promised features and services started to crystallize. Among ... -
Factors Associated with Medication Adherence Among a High-Risk Hepatitis C Birth Cohort
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Multiple studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reported that 75% of individuals infected with HCV were born between 1945-1965 and were previously never tested. Therefore, in 2012 the CDC published recommendations ... -
Emergency Department Utilization and Hierarchical Condition Category Risk Scores
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) to improve the quality of primary care services nationwide. CPC+ utilization measures use a risk-adjustment ... -
Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Soft Skills of Healthcare Providers
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The objective of the study is to develop and validate an assessment tool to measure soft skills in the performance of healthcare providers during patient encounters in primary care settings. The assessment tool ... -
Perceived Organizational and Social Support as Probable Mitigators of Burnout Among Medical Trainees and Providers
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: National trends show that employees and trainees in the medical field are susceptible to burnout. To our knowledge, no studies have been published on burnout moderators, such as perceived support and lifestyle ... -
Preservice Teachers' Use of a Translation App with Dual Language Learners
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Many practicing teachers face challenges with effective technology integration (Keengwe & Onchwari, 2009). Teachers who do integrate technology into their educational practices understand that it is not an ... -
High Crime Neighborhoods as a Driver for Toxic Stress Leading to Asthma
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Social determinants of health and allostatic load theory suggest social environment can drive asthma diagnoses via the mechanism of toxic stress, the prolonged activation of stress response systems. While ... -
Camp Hope: Developing Hope and Resilience in Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Camp HOPE America (www.camphopeamerica.com) is the first local, state, and national camping and mentoring initiative in the United States to focus on children exposed to domestic violence. The vision for Camp ... -
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease - Nationwide Study
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a risk factor for surgical complications and a relative contraindication to bariatric surgery. This study evaluates early outcomes after bariatric surgery in patients with CLD ... -
Factors Influencing Physician Treatment Strategies in Crotaline Snake Envenomation
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Crotaline snake envenomation is a potentially serious medical condition that affects thousands of Americans each year. There continues to be variation in treatment practices by physicians in the United States ... -
Improving Primary Care Follow-Up After Pediatric Hospitalization
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Transitioning patient care to primary care physicians after pediatric hospitalization plays a critical role in children’s health. Follow-up appointments are an ideal time to provide education, address concerns, ... -
Predictive Factors of Follow-Up in Early Lifestyle Intervention for Childhood Obesity
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The Early Lifestyle Intervention (ELI) Clinic is an OU Physicians Pediatrics specialty clinic dedicated to helping children achieve healthier weights via behavioral modification through a multidisciplinary team ... -
Are There Gender Disparities in Child Maltreatment Related Criminal Court Outcomes?
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Oklahoma’s failure to protect law, which holds non-offending caregivers who fail to report maltreatment to the same standard as perpetrators, has received increased scrutiny at the national level. This is in ... -
Enteric Duplication Cyst in a Patient with Suspected Milk-Protein Allergic Proctocolitis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Gastrointestinal duplication cysts are rare congenital malformations that are typically discovered by routine prenatal ultrasound. These cysts can arise anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract but are most ... -
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), a rare autosomal dominant disorder also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease, is often underdiagnosed. The initial symptom tends to be spontaneous and recurrent nose ... -
Pseudohyponatremia Due to Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Hyponatremia is defined as low sodium within the blood that can lead to headache, balance and gait issues, confusion, seizures, or even death in severe cases. However, in some instances a low sodium value on ... -
An Interesting Case Highlighting Management of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: The development of valvular incompetence and/or obstruction in the pelvic and gonadal veins causing disabling symptoms comprises Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (PCS). It is a less known pathologic condition ... -
A Case of Congenital Syphilis Complicated by Severe Hepatocellular Dysfunction, Thrombocytopenia, and Atypical Skin Lesions
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Congenital Syphilis (CS) is an infection caused by the spirochete Treponema Pallidum. It’s transmitted predominantly via the placenta, and only severe cases are clinically apparent at birth. Its incidence has ... -
Renal Artery Stenosis and Obstructive Uropathy: To Resect or to Stent?
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis causes hypertension that is resistant to medical management and may eventually lead to loss of kidney function. The treatment options for uncontrolled hypertension include ... -
Fusobacterium Nucleatum Brain Abscesses in an Immunocompetent Adolescent with Dental Braces
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic, non-spore forming, gram-negative bacilli that is commonly found in soil, respiratory tracts of animals, and can be isolated from oropharyngeal specimens of healthy ...